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The Jere of Nigeria

The Jere of Nigeria, numbering approximately 146,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic people of north-central Nigeria associated with the Jere language, part of the East Kainji Shammɔ group; Jere is also known as Zele and belongs to a wider cluster of related communities. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Jere is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Jere (jer)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 146,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014369
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

58%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Jere
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Jere Speakers

Media Resources in Jere:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Jere:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Jere 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 Jere:
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

Pray specifically for the Jere of Nigeria

The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.
readMatthew 4:16

Pray that those living in darkness and the shadow of death will see a great light and turn to the Lord for salvation.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
readHebrews 10:32-33

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the day of their salvation and persevere in their faith despite hardships and suffering.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Jere Across Countries (ROP3 - 114601) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
JerePG014369JereNigeria146,000No Longer UnreachedJereEthnoreligion

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