People group profile · PG011635
The Sidama of Ethiopia
The Sidama of Ethiopia, numbering about 5,295,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Ethiopia.
They are an indigenous people in the Sidama people cluster of the Horn of Africa Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Sidamo.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Population
- 5,295,000
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Sidama
- Primary language
- Sidamo (sid)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 50% or Greater but Less than 75%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Oromia region: southeast of Lake Awasa; Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: northeast of Lake Abaya
Where they live
Gospel status
The Sidama 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 Sidama
- 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
86% adherents
Primary language
Sidamo · Afro-Asiatic family
95% speak Sidamo
Gospel resources in Sidamo
- Bible available, published 2015
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- Magdalena (Sidaama)
Bibles
- 2015 Bible Society of Ethiopia · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Sidama
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- 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.
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