People group profile · PG011629
The Oyda of Ethiopia
The Oyda of Ethiopia, numbering about 74,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a small ethnic group living today in southern Ethiopia.
They are an indigenous people in the Omotic people cluster of the Horn of Africa Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Oyda.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Population
- 74,000
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Omotic
- Primary language
- Oyda (oyd)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 40% or Greater but Less than 50%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: northwest Omo area, southwest of Sawla
Where they live
Gospel status
The Oyda 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Oyda
- 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
51% adherents
Primary language
Oyda · Ta-Ne-Omotic family
90% speak Oyda
Gospel resources in Oyda
- Bible available, published 2018
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Oyda)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Oyda
- 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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