The Anuak of Ethiopia

The Anuak of Ethiopia, numbering approximately 142,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Nilotic ethnic group who live primarily in the Gambela Region of western Ethiopia and neighboring South Sudan. They belong to the broader Luo-speaking peoples of East Africa and speak Dha-Anywaa (Anuak), a Western Nilotic language. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Anuak is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Ethiopia
People Cluster: Nilotic
Primary Language(s): Anuak (anu)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 142,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG011544
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

84%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Anuak
Language Family: Nilotic

85%
%
Anuak Speakers

Media Resources in Anuak:

Films:
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1 film

Bible Resources in Anuak:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Anuak bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Anuak 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 Anuak:
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 Anuak of Ethiopia

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.

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.

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
readActs 4:31

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be filled with the Holy Spirit and speak God's Word with boldness, sharing the love of Jesus with those around them.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
readActs 1:8

Pray that God will raise up believers who are willing to cross cultures and boldly share the good news of Jesus with the lost in this people group and from every nation.

Anuak Across Countries (ROP3 - 100395) reported in the following countries:

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