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People group profile · PG013596

The Buduma of Niger

The Buduma of Niger, numbering about 15,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Lake Chad region of Chad, Cameroon, and Nigeria.

They are an indigenous people in the Chadic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam, and they primarily speak Buduma.

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Fast facts

Country
Niger
Population
15,000
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Chadic
Primary language
Buduma (bdm)
Primary religion
Folk 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
Western Africa, Africa

Where they live

Gospel status

The Buduma 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 Buduma

  • 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

Folk Islam · Islam

Primary language

Buduma · Afro-Asiatic family

100% speak Buduma

Gospel resources in Buduma

  • Bible available
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources not available
  • Bible stories not available

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Buduma

  1. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
  2. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
  3. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
  4. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.

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Buduma in other countries

The same people is also reported in 3 other countries.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
BudumaChad169,000Engaged yet Unreached
BudumaNigeria6,400Engaged yet Unreached
BudumaCameroon500Engaged yet Unreached

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