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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Abanyom of Nigeria

The Abanyom of Nigeria, numbering approximately 37,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bakor people of western Cross River State whose Abanyom language forms part of the Northern Bakor branch of the Ekoid languages. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Abanyom is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Abanyom (abm)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 37,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013617
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

92%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Abanyom
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Abanyom Speakers

Media Resources in Abanyom:

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Bible Resources in Abanyom:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Abanyom 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 Abanyom:
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 Abanyom of Nigeria

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.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed"
readGalatians 3:8

Ask the Lord to fulfill His promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed by advancing the gospel to every people group who has yet to receive it.

It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
readIsaiah 25:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will proclaim and rejoice in His salvation.

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
read2 Corinthians 5:20

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will be His ambassadors, faithfully imploring people on Christ's behalf to be reconciled to God through Jesus.

Abanyom Across Countries (ROP3 - 100008) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
AbanyomPG013617AbanyomNigeria37,500No Longer UnreachedAbanyomProtestantism

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