People group profile · PG011557
The Guji of Ethiopia
The Guji of Ethiopia, numbering about 947,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are one of six major dialect groups of the Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo (Ethnologue 16).
They are an indigenous people in the Oromo people cluster of the Horn of Africa Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Population
- 947,000
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Oromo
- Primary language
- Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo (gax)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Afar, Amhara, and Somali regions; Oromia region: south; Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region
Where they live
Gospel status
The Guji are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Guji
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
56% adherents
Primary language
Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo
Gospel resources in Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 1994 Bible Society of Kenya · audio
- 2007 Bible Society of Ethiopia · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Guji
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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