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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Pero of Nigeria

The Pero of Nigeria, numbering approximately 58,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a farming people of the Gombe River Valley in northeastern Nigeria's Gombe State, whose ancestors migrated from the Adamawa region in the 1600s and are traditionally led by a ruler called the Talban Pero. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Pero is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Pero (pip)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 58,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014080
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

73%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Pero
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Pero Speakers

Media Resources in Pero:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Pero:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Pero 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 Pero:
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 Pero of Nigeria

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 8:1

Pray that God will reassure those who may be struggling with the cost of following Jesus that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. For kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.
readPsalm 22:27-28

Pray that entire families will turn to the Lord in repentance and faith, and that they will worship Him and declare His righteousness to the nations.

But my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.
readHebrews 10:38

Pray that as people trust in Christ, they will live by faith and not shrink back from their hope in Christ.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
readPsalm 8:1

Pray that God will raise up people who love Him and are able and willing to go to and share the hope of the gospel with those who don't know it. Pray that everyone will see His name as majestic in all the earth!

Pero Across Countries (ROP3 - 107986) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
PeroPG014080PeroNigeria58,000No Longer UnreachedPeroProtestantism

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