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The Dorze of Ethiopia

The Dorze of Ethiopia, numbering approximately 63,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached.
They are described as a people living in a very small, fifteen-square-mile area of the Gemu-Gofa highlands of Ethiopia .
They are an Indigenous people, with Dorze as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Omotic people cluster of the Horn of Africa.
Their primary religion is Christianity - Eastern Orthodox.
They primarily speak Dorze.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Dorze are Unengaged and Unreached, 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.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Dorze 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.

No longer Unreached

The Dorze 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.

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