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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Bajju of Nigeria

The Bajju of Nigeria, numbering approximately 693,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Middle Belt farming people of southern Kaduna State in Nigeria, known to the Hausa by the name Kaje, whose oral history traces a migration from cave settlements in Bauchi State through Plateau State before settling their present homeland. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and Jju is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Jju (kaj)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 693,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013892
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Neo-Pentecostalism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

78%
%
Neo-Pentecostalism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Jju
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Jju Speakers

Media Resources in Jju:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Jju:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1982 Bible Society of Nigeria✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Jju bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Bajju 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 Bajju:
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 Bajju of Nigeria

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
readIsaiah 53:6

Pray that those who have wandered far from God will be drawn back to Him, recognizing their need for a Savior and finding forgiveness and new life in Christ.

I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
readPsalm 34:4

Pray for each who becomes a child of God to share the hope of eternity with family and friends.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

Bajju Across Countries (ROP3 - 104436) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BajjuPG013892BajjuNigeria693,000No Longer UnreachedJjuNeo-Pentecostalism

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