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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Meen of Ethiopia

The Meen of Ethiopia, numbering approximately 244,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Surmic-speaking people indigenous to southwestern Ethiopia whose population includes both highland agricultural communities and lowland pastoral communities. They mostly adhere to Tewahedo Orthodox Christianity and Me'en is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Ethiopia
People Cluster: Nilotic
Primary Language(s): Me'en (mym)
Primary Religion(s): Tewahedo Orthodox Christianity
Population: 244,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG011617
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Tewahedo Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

45%
%
Tewahedo Orthodox Christi… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Me'en
Language Family: Surmic

85%
%
Me’en Speakers

Media Resources in Me'en:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Me'en:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2020 Kale Hiwot Church and BS Ethiopia✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Me'en bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Meen 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 Meen:
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 Meen of Ethiopia

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
readRomans 5:7-8

Pray for the many who don't yet understand the hope of the gospel, and pray that God will reveal to them that while they were in darkness, Christ died for them.

The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
readPsalm 146:9

Pray for God to watch over people, wherever they are, and cause them to meet believers who will share the gospel with them clearly and lovingly.

For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
readPsalm 149:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be encouraged and feel immeasurably loved as they meditate on the fact that God takes pleasure in 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.

Me'en Across Countries (ROP3 - 106512) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MeenPG011617MeenEthiopia244,000No Longer UnreachedMe'enTewahedo Orthodox Christianity

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