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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Fedicca-Mohas Nubians of Egypt

The Fedicca-Mohas Nubians of Egypt, numbering approximately 446,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a people of the Nile River valley: Sudan, Northern province: north from Burgeg to Egypt border at Wadi Halfa; Kassala province: new Halfa and can also be known as Fedicca, Mahas, Fedicca-Mahas. They are an Indigenous people, in the Nubian people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Islam - Sunni. They primarily speak Nobiin.

Fedicca-Mohas Nubians in Egypt photo
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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North Africa and Middle East Peoples
Country: Egypt
People Cluster: Nubian
Primary Language(s): Nobiin (fia)
Primary Religion(s): Islam - Sunni
Population: 446,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042698

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Primary Religion: Islam - Sunni
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nobiin
Language Family: Nilo-Saharan

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Next steps for the Fedicca-Mohas Nubians

The Fedicca-Mohas Nubians are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the Fedicca-Mohas Nubians

The Fedicca-Mohas Nubians are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the Fedicca-Mohas Nubians

The Fedicca-Mohas Nubians 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.

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Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Fedicca-Mohas Nubians of Egypt

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
read1 John 3:8

Pray for those living in darkness to recognize the destructive power of sin and the victory Christ has won over it.

So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them
readMatthew 4:24

Pray that the truth about the Lord will spread throughout the land so that many will have an opportunity to receive the good news and put their faith in Him.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
read2 Corinthians 5:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will understand and experience the truth that in Christ, they are a new creation, and the old has gone and the new has come.

For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
read2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will be faithful as they walk through trials and will have an opportunity to be a witness to others in this people group of the goodness of God.

Nubian, Fedicca-Mahas (ROP3 - 107367) reported in the following countries:

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