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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ejagham of Nigeria

The Ejagham of Nigeria, numbering approximately 135,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnic group indigenous to southeastern Nigeria and southwest Cameroon. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Ejagham is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Ejagham (etu)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 135,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013761
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

94%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ejagham
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Ejagham Speakers

Media Resources in Ejagham:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Ejagham:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1996 Cameroon and Nigeria✓✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Ejagham bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ejagham 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 Ejagham:
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 Ejagham of Nigeria

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
readColossians 3:5-6

Pray for God to have mercy and give those who don't yet know Him the gift of Jesus and His salvation for all who call upon His name.

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
readIsaiah 40:11

Pray that the lost will come to know the tender care of the Good Shepherd, who gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart.

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
read2 Corinthians 9:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the principle of sowing and reaping, and be generous in their giving and serving, knowing that they will reap a generous harvest.

And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation, but as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."
readRomans 15:20-21

Pray that God will send believers to cross cultures and proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that the nations might glorify God for His mercy.

Ejagham Across Countries (ROP3 - 102887) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
EjaghamPG013761EjaghamNigeria135,000No Longer UnreachedEjaghamProtestantism
EjaghamPG012587EjaghamCameroon103,000No Longer UnreachedEjaghamProtestantism
EjaghamPG050348EjaghamUnited States100No Longer UnreachedEjaghamProtestantism

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