Hausa of Ethiopia (PGID: PG042724)

The Hausa of Ethiopia

The Hausa of Ethiopia, numbering approximately 134,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a West African diaspora people of Hausa origin, descended from communities rooted in Hausaland of northern Nigeria and southern Niger who established migrant communities in Ethiopia while maintaining a broader Hausa identity. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Hausa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Ethiopia
People Cluster: Hausa
Primary Language(s): Hausa (hau)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 134,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042724

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

65%

Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hausa
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%

Hausa Speakers

Media Resources in Hausa:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
The Savior	View Film

3 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Hausa:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio
1979 Bible Society of Nigeria		✓
Common Language Version (FCBH Audio)	✓	✓
Littafi Mai Tsarki	✓

3 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hausa bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Pray specifically for the Hausa of Ethiopia

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Luke 15:7

Pray that God will convict the lost of their sin, give them an urgency to run to Him for forgiveness, and feel His welcoming arms around them when they turn to Him.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
Mark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

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

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

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
John 1:12

Pray that believers will have the opportunity to clearly share the good news with the lost here, so that all people can be invited to trust in Jesus and become children of God.

Hausa Across Countries (ROP3 - 103733) reported in the following countries:

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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19 people groups

People Group ID ▲	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG011263	Hausa	Algeria	12,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG011360	Hausa	Chad	296,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012037	Hausa	Sudan	1,060,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG012327	Hausa	Benin	44,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012404	Hausa	Burkina Faso	12,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012616	Hausa	Cameroon	434,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012869	Hausa	Central African Republic	41,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG012971	Hausa	Congo	12,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013089	Hausa	Cote d’Ivoire	484,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013165	Hausa	Equatorial Guinea	32,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013188	Hausa	Gabon	45,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013336	Hausa	Ghana	323,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013409	Hausa	Guinea	1,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG013600	Hausa	Niger	16,200,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG013828	Hausa	Nigeria	40,650,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG014358	Hausa	Togo	26,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Folk Islam
PG042724	Hausa	Ethiopia	134,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG047465	Hausa	Canada	375	Engaged yet Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam
PG050354	Hausa	United States	5,400	Unengaged and Unreached	Hausa	Sunni Islam

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