Joshua
Project 2000 - Priority 1 Peoples
In the Arabian Peninsula
Of the 1739 Joshua Project 2000 peoples, a priority based list of 216 peoples has been designated as most needing a church planting effort.
The Priority field is an attempt to rank these peoples according to ministry need. The scale is from 1 (highest priority) to 9 (lowest priority). This ranking was generated by a weighted factoring of the following five items in the Joshua Project data (percent shows weight):
Percent Evangelical - 30%
Church Status - 25%
Ministry Tools (availability of Bible, Radio, Audio and "Jesus" film)
- 20%
Agency Work - 15%
Population - 10%
For example, a group with no known evangelicals, no known churches, no ministry tools, no agency work and a large population would receive a priority of 1. This is admittedly an imperfect system as the unknown data tends to skew a ranking toward a higher priority than may be actually true. (Source: AD2000 & Beyond International Office.)
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People Group | Country | Language | Population |
Bedouin Arab | Saudia Arabia | Najdi Arabic | 3,000,000 |
Mahra | Oman | Mahri | 109,000 |
Mahra (Mehri) | Yemen | Mahri (Mehri) | 294,000 |
Saudi Arab | Oman | Gulf Arabic | 50,000 |
Sokotri | Yemen | Soqotri | 80,000 |
Shahara | Saudi Arabia | Shahari | 34,000 |
Yemeni Arab | Saudi Arabia | Taizi-Adeni | 500,000 |