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The Dawro of Ethiopia

The Dawro of Ethiopia, numbering approximately 894,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Omotic-speaking ethnolinguistic people of southwestern Ethiopia whose identity is rooted in the Dawro language, highland agriculture, regional historical traditions, and the cultural heritage of the Dawro Zone. They mostly adhere to Tewahedo Orthodox Christianity and Dawro is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Horn of Africa Peoples
Country: Ethiopia
People Cluster: Omotic
Primary Language(s): Dawro (dwr)
Primary Religion(s): Tewahedo Orthodox Christianity
Population: 894,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG011568
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Tewahedo Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

40%
%
Tewahedo Orthodox Christi… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dawro
Language Family: Ta-Ne-Omotic

96%
%
Dawro Speakers

Media Resources in Dawro:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Dawro:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2009 Bible League Intl.✓✓✓
2011 Bible Society of Ethiopia✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Dawro bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Dawro 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 Dawro:
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 Dawro of Ethiopia

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
readPsalm 1:6

As many look for hope in worldly pleasures, pray they will hear and accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.
readIsaiah 55:6

Pray that the lost will seek the Lord while He may be found and call upon Him while He is near, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
readIsaiah 53:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will find comfort and spiritual healing as they remember the wounds of Christ, who understands their suffering because He also walked through suffering on their behalf.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
read1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Pray that God will raise up believers to go to the lost and faithfully proclaim the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection so that all may have an opportunity to access and believe.

Dawro Across Countries (ROP3 - 105379) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
DawroPG011568DawroEthiopia894,000No Longer UnreachedDawroTewahedo Orthodox Christianity

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