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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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Pray for the Dawro of Ethiopia

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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:
Title Link
JESUS View Film
JESUS View Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Dawro:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
2009 Bible League Intl. ✓ ✓ ✓
2011 Bible Society of Ethiopia ✓

2 entries

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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

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.
readPsalm 67:4

Pray that those who are lost in darkness and confusion will come to understand God's ways, submit to His righteous rule, and experience the joy of His salvation.

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
read1 Timothy 2:5-6

Pray for the truth about Jesus Christ to spread among the lost so that many will accept His ransom for their sin and experience freedom in a relationship with Him.

Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
readPsalm 6:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will remind them that He is near and will help them place their hope in Him when others wish to do them harm.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

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

Strategic Progress Index

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1 people group

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▲ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Dawro PG011568 Dawro Ethiopia 894,000 No Longer Unreached Dawro Tewahedo Orthodox Christianity

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