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The Basa of Nigeria

The Basa of Nigeria, numbering approximately 370,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous people of Nigeria's Niger-Benue valley, with Basa communities extending across Kogi, Nasarawa, Benue, Niger and the Federal Capital Territory. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Basa (Nigeria) is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Basa (Nigeria) (bzw)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 370,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013676
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Pray for the Basa of Nigeria

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

91%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Basa (Nigeria)
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Basa Speakers

Media Resources in Basa (Nigeria):

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Basa (Nigeria):

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2008 Bible Society of Nigeria✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Basa (Nigeria) bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Basa are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Basa:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Basa of Nigeria

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that the gospel will advance among those who don’t know the good news of salvation in Jesus so that they might believe and trust in Jesus.

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
readPhilippians 1:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be assured that God will complete the good work He has begun in them until the day of Christ's return.

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessing.
read1 Corinthians 9:23

Ask God to give believers a deep desire to share the gospel with those who don't know the truth about God's redemption plan, and to provide them with opportunities to do so cross-culturally.

Basa-Benue Across Countries (ROP3 - 108428) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BasaPG013676BasaNigeria370,000No Longer UnreachedBasa (Nigeria)Protestantism

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