People group profile · PG011570
The Dobase of Ethiopia
The Dobase of Ethiopia, numbering about 49,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Dullay-speaking people of Ethiopia's Gaedulla-Dobase Mountains, closely related to the neighboring Gawwada and living in round thatched tukul houses, whose remote Omo-region location has preserved traditional social organization.
They are an indigenous people in the Sidama people cluster of the Horn of Africa Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Bussa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Population
- 49,000
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Sidama
- Primary language
- Bussa (dox)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: Segen zone, west of Lake Chamo
Where they live
Gospel status
The Dobase are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, 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.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Dobase
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
Primary language
Bussa · Afro-Asiatic family
60% speak Bussa
Gospel resources in Bussa
- Bible available, published 2023
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Mosiye)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Dobase
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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