People group profile · PG042766
The Jalo Imazighen of Libya
The Jalo Imazighen of Libya, numbering about 45,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a subgroup of the Indigenous Amazigh peoples of North Africa, united by a shared Amazigh heritage, related Tamazight languages, and a long history of adaptation across the mountains, coasts, and deserts of the Maghreb.
They are an indigenous people in the Amazigh-Saharan people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Hassaniyya.
Fast facts
- Country
- Libya
- Population
- 45,500
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazigh-Saharan
- Primary language
- Hassaniyya (mey)
- 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 Jalo Imazighen 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 Jalo Imazighen
- 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
100% adherents
Primary language
Hassaniyya · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Hassaniyya
Gospel resources in Hassaniyya
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Arabic, Hassaniya)
Bibles
- PBT Version · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Jalo Imazighen
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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