People group profile · PG011582
The Ale of Ethiopia
The Ale of Ethiopia, numbering about 76,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an indigenous ethnic group in southern Ethiopia, primarily living in the Konso Special Woreda and surrounding areas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR).
They are an indigenous people in the Sidama people cluster of the Horn of Africa Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Gawwada.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Population
- 76,000
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Sidama
- Primary language
- Gawwada (gwd)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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 Ale 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 Ale
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
90% adherents
Primary language
Gawwada · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Gawwada
Gospel resources in Gawwada
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Ale, Gawwada)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ale
- 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.
- 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.
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