People group profile · PG050130
The Mesqan of Ethiopia
The Mesqan of Ethiopia, numbering about 323,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Cushitic ethnic group of southern Ethiopia.
They are an indigenous people in the Ethio-Semitic people cluster of the Horn of Africa Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Mesqan.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ethiopia
- Population
- 323,000
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Ethio-Semitic
- Primary language
- Mesqan (mvz)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- 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 ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Also known as
- Meskane, Meskintoch, Meskintochi, Meskan
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR): Gurage zone, Meskan woreda
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mesqan 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 Mesqan
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
60% adherents
Primary language
Mesqan · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Mesqan
Gospel resources in Mesqan
- Bible available, published 2023
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Meqa)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mesqan
- 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.
- 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.
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