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The Wukari Jukun of Nigeria

The Wukari Jukun of Nigeria, numbering approximately 225,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Wapan Jukun people centered on Wukari in southern Taraba State, heirs to the Kwararafa political tradition and organized around the sacred kingship of the Aku Uka. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Wapan is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Wapan (juk)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 225,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014174
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

94%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Wapan
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Wapan Speakers

Media Resources in Wapan:

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Bible Resources in Wapan:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Wukari Jukun are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Wukari Jukun:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

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All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.
readRomans 3:12

Pray that those who are enslaved to sin will admit their need for a Savior, acknowledging that no one is righteous.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Pray that the merciful God who is at work in people's hearts will advance His gospel among them.

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
readHebrews 10:26

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will live with reverence for God and not deliberately keep sinning after they receive the knowledge of the truth.

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
read3 John 1:2

Ask God to grant protection and good health — both physical and spiritual — to those He sends cross-culturally to share the gospel.

Wukari Jukun Across Countries (ROP3 - 110869) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Wukari Jukun PG014174 Wukari Jukun Nigeria 225,000 No Longer Unreached Wapan Ethnoreligion

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