People group profile · PG013693
The Bokkos of Nigeria
The Bokkos of Nigeria, numbering about 290,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a hilltop-refuge farming people of Bokkos in Nigeria's Jos Plateau, part of the Ron ethnic cluster whose oral tradition traces migration from the Bauchi area before settling at Gindiri, Fier and Lankan.
They are an indigenous people in the Chadic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Ron.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 290,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Chadic
- Primary language
- Ron (cla)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bokkos are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Bokkos
- 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
75% adherents
Primary language
Ron · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Ron
Gospel resources in Ron
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bokkos
- 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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