People group profile · PG014065
The Okpe of Nigeria
The Okpe of Nigeria, numbering about 470,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Nigeria.
They are an indigenous people in the Guinean people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Okpe (Southwestern Edo).
Fast facts
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 470,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Guinean
- Primary language
- Okpe (Southwestern Edo) (oke)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Okpe 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 Okpe
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
60% adherents
Primary language
Okpe (Southwestern Edo) · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Okpe (Southwestern Edo)
Gospel resources in Okpe (Southwestern Edo)
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Okpe)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Okpe
- 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.
- 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.
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