People group profile · PG011626
The North Koma of Ethiopia
The North Koma of Ethiopia, numbering about 26,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Ethiopia.
They are an indigenous people in the Nilotic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Kwama.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Population
- 26,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Nilotic
- Primary language
- Kwama (kmq)
- 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
- Benishangul-Gumuz region: Mao Komo special woreda (Lowland dialect); Oromia region: West Wollega zone, Begi district; some villages near South Sudan border (Highland dialect)
Where they live
Gospel status
The North Koma 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 North Koma
- 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
75% adherents
Primary language
Kwama · Koman family
75% speak Kwama
Gospel resources in Kwama
- Bible available, published -
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the North Koma
- 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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