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The Efutop of Nigeria

The Efutop of Nigeria, numbering approximately 36,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bakor people of Cross River State in southeastern Nigeria, centered on Abaragba and neighboring communities in the Ikom area. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Efutop is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Efutop (ofu)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 36,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013758
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

93%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Efutop
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Efutop Speakers

Media Resources in Efutop:

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Bible Resources in Efutop:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Efutop 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 Efutop:
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 Efutop of Nigeria

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
read1 John 1:9

Pray that God, who is faithful and just, will open the eyes of those who are lost and draw them to confess their sins and trust in Him to grant forgiveness.

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
readPsalm 57:11

Pray that the lost will learn about God's great love and faithfulness so that they might trust in Christ for their salvation.

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.”
readGenesis 15:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God to keep His promises.

The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
readJohn 1:35-36

Pray for those God sends to cross cultures to share the gospel, that they might faithfully share the good news of the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

Efutop Across Countries (ROP3 - 102875) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
EfutopPG013758EfutopNigeria36,000No Longer UnreachedEfutopProtestantism

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