Sokoto Fulani of Eastern Niger

The Sokoto Fulani are a subgroup of the much larger Fulani people of West Africa. They are found in southeastern Niger and northern Nigeria. Ninety-nine percent of this people group of 480,000 follows a mixture of Islamic and traditional African beliefs. There is no Bible in their dialect; they have never heard the gospel. There has been virtually no Christian witness among them for centuries.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

*DK

Welcome to *DK. Missionaries working around this village found it by God’s providence, and it is clear that God is moving in the hearts of the men of the village.

The first week the missionaries visited, the chief was not in the village, but his son asked them to return and retell the story of Jesus. The following week, the chief of the village found the missionaries at their home and personally invited them to return. They did and almost forty men gathered to hear the story about Jesus.

The week after that, three men became believers; one who said he had wanted to follow Jesus for five years, but was scared to do so alone.

Now, a Christian man from close by is seeking to meet with the men of DK. He wants to start a church in the area.

Pray that more men in DK will accept the message they have heard. Pray that the men will continue to gather to hear more stories about Jesus, and that their hearts will be open. Pray for the Fulani Christian who is seeking to begin a church. Pray he will have guidance from the Spirit, and that the men will accept his leadership.

(by chelsea)

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