The Fedicca-Mohas Nubians of Egypt

The Fedicca-Mohas Nubians of Egypt, numbering approximately 455,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a people of the Nile River valley: Sudan, Northern province: north from Burgeg to Egypt border at Wadi Halfa; Kassala province: new Halfa. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Nobiin is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Egypt
People Cluster: Nubian
Primary Language(s): Nobiin (fia)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 455,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042698
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nobiin
Language Family: Nubian

66%
%
Nobiin Speakers

Media Resources in Nobiin:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Nobiin:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Nobiin bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Fedicca-Mohas Nubians are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Fedicca-Mohas Nubians:
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Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Fedicca-Mohas Nubians of Egypt

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
read1 John 4:10

Pray for those without the hope of Christ to understand the depth of God's love and the sacrifice He made for them.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Pray that the lost will see the new thing God can do in their lives and trust in His plan and purpose for them.

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
read1 Corinthians 3:7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be unified in making disciples and be used by God to further His kingdom near and far.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Nubian, Fedicca-Mahas Across Countries (ROP3 - 107367) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Fedicca-Mohas NubiansFedicca-Mohas NubiansSudan193,000Engaged yet UnreachedNobiinSunni Islam
Fedicca-Mohas NubiansFedicca-Mohas NubiansEgypt455,000Engaged yet UnreachedNobiinSunni Islam

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