People group profile · PG042637
The Dui-Menia Bedouins of Algeria
The Dui-Menia Bedouins of Algeria, numbering about 87,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Arab Bedouin tribal complex of the Algerian-Moroccan Sahara. Historically combining pastoral herding, caravan trade, and oasis settlement, they occupied the Saoura-Zousfana frontier and maintained strong tribal affiliations.
They are an indigenous people in the Bedouin, Saharan people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Central Atlas Tamazight.
Fast facts
- Country
- Algeria
- Population
- 87,000
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Bedouin, Saharan
- Primary language
- Central Atlas Tamazight (tzm)
- Primary religion
- Sunni 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
- Northern Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Dui-Menia Bedouins 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 Dui-Menia Bedouins
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
99% adherents
Primary language
Central Atlas Tamazight · Afro-Asiatic family
70% speak Central Atlas Tamazight
Gospel resources in Central Atlas Tamazight
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Tamazight, Central Atlas)
- Magdalena (Tamazight, Central Atlas)
- The Savior (Tamazight, Central Atlas)
Bibles
- Lctab n Rebbi s Tamazight n Atlas · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Dui-Menia Bedouins
- 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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