People group profile · PG042713
The Gorose of Ethiopia
The Gorose of Ethiopia, numbering about 7,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a small southern Ethiopian community closely related to the neighboring Tsamai, speaking the Gorose dialect within the Gawwada language of the Cushitic Dullay cluster.
They are an indigenous people in the Omotic people cluster of the Horn of Africa Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Gawwada.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Population
- 7,400
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Omotic
- Primary language
- Gawwada (gwd)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ region: Segen zone, west of Lake Chamo
Where they live
Gospel status
The Gorose are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Gorose
- 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
Primary language
Gawwada · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Gawwada
Gospel resources in Gawwada
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Ale, Gawwada)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Gorose
- 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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