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The Shuwa Arabs of Nigeria

The Shuwa Arabs of Nigeria, numbering approximately 236,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a nomadic confederation of people of mixed Arab and Arabized indigenous African ancestry, inhabiting a portion of the Sahel mainly between Lake Chad and the Nile river near south Kordofan.
They are an Diaspora people in the Arab, Shuwa people cluster of the Arab Peoples affinity bloc.
Arabic, Chadian is their primary language and Folk Islam is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Shuwa Arabs 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 Shuwa Arabs 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 Shuwa Arabs 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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All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.
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Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
readActs 2:47

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Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

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