• PEOPLE NAME: NAATH OF ETHIOPIA

Affinity Group: Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Nilotic

Language: Nuer - (nus)

Alternate Name(s): Nuer

Primary Religion: Christianity - Evangelical Protestant

Country: Ethiopia

Also found in: South Sudan; United States

Population: 237,000

Global Population: 1,957,000


PEID: 11572

ROP: 106990

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Naath of Ethiopia, numbering 237,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Nilotic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 1,957,000 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Nuer. The primary religion practiced by the Naath is Evangelical Protestantism, a worldwide trans-denominational movement within Protestant Christianity that believes the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace alone, solely through faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ.


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