COUNTRY ASSESMENT PROCESS

CHANGE  Information bring about change, first in ourselves and then leads on in action to bring change in others  Nehemiah 1:4  “4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,”

VISION “Therefore, go and make disciples of all Nations” INFORMATION strategic research Harvest field Harvest Force Commitment to unity/Partnership… Information and national initiatives PROCESS

Effect of information on countries  Countries mobilised from information provided to them:  Gabon  Nigeria  Kenya  Ethiopia  Ghana  Zimbabwe

BACKGROUND AND HISTORY  Story behind every piece of information  Very often we do not see or understand the real picture  Sometimes we need explanation

BACKGROUND AND HISTORY

An African database

EIS ETHNE INFORMATION SYSTEM

An African database

God’s story in the World  Joshua Project  Wycliffe  World Christian Encyclopaedia  Operation World  US Centre for World Mission  Ethnologue  GMI  IMB  Others?

“… and behold, a great multitude, which no one could count, from every Nation and all Tribes and Peoples and Tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb” Rev 7:9 Goal for these databases

Development of EIS and CAP  World tells Africa about our story  Africa needs to tell our own story with our own facts

CAP Objective  To develop a credible mobilization tool for the countries least-reached peoples by:  Eliminating inaccuracies from the Joshua Peoples list, through the update of spreadsheets provided by MANI. Information received will be entered into the MANI database: EIS (Ethne Information System).  Establishing follow-up lists of issues or items for research or discussion.  Updating African data which will be presented at the MANI 2011 Continental Consultation

Focus  Phase I: the assessment of people groups in a given country  People Group Name  Cluster  Language

Focus  Phase II: to complete demographic data for the people groups  Population  % Christian Adherents  % Evangelical

EIS Database  Developed over 5 years  It is functional, relates closely with Joshua Project database  Data sharing from Country to Regional to Continental level  Using the same codes and ID’s as the Global Databases to enhance partnering and sharing  Trace source and edits in data  Data base connects people with work they are doing (Who is doing what where)  Security is of high importance and value

CAP Process  Regional Co-ordinators  Country and Regional Teams  Spreadsheets/Edits  Evaluation of edits  Team: Anthropologist, Linguists (Ethnolgue), Joshua Project staff, In country teams.  Entering into EIS Database  Report back

Expected results of the Country Assessment:  A credible country list which a country can own and use to mobilize mission and church groups for reaching the least- reached  List of topics/needs, for further consideration of country-level research activities  Possible post-assessment follow up projects for gathering the further information e.g.:  Additional research needs for people group or other data in country  Collection of contacts and ministry activity among least- reached people group

Responsibilities of DATA Team  Data Advisory Team for Africa  Ethnologue, Anthropologist, representative from regions, Advisors  Plan and Developed the process  Trained, Helped and advice regions in process  Evaluated the Data  Entered data into Database as well as developed the EIS

Spreadsheet

The CAP in the context of the Horn, specifically Ethiopia

- Background in research in the medical field -Mission work and church planting among the UPG, the Borana of Southern Ethiopia -Encounter with “forgotten” people groups -Burden to mobilize churches to involve to reach the least reached people groups -Starting point : the Joshua Project People Group List on Ethiopia -Research Outcome: Profile of Ethiopian UPGs -Introduction to the DATA team and the CAP Personal Testimony

Participation Those who have participated in the editing process were Denomination leaders, Outreach leaders of churches, Church planters, Linguists, Expatriate missionaries Demographers Phase I People group name, People cluster and People primary language.. The CAP in Ethiopia

Phase I Type of Editing  Added people groups  Merged people groups  Corrected names of people group  Deleted people groups  Cluster name change  New Cluster name introduced  Primary language edited Edited 11871111187111

Population number of the people group, The percentage of Christian adherents The Percentage of Evangelical adherents. Phase IIA

Phase IIB  Primary religion,  On site church planting activity,  Church of 100  Evangelistic resources.

Completed in 1 year Manpower of 30 volunteers Budget of close to 300 USD Time of Completion, Manpower and Budget

TABLE QUESTION Do you think it is possible that every country in the Continent can accomplish and do what was done in Ethiopia?

Sub Sahara CAP statistics SUB Sahara COUNTRIES, 49 (50) RESPONSES 34 Countries 69% Total people Groups on Continent 3768 Data entered, 27 Countries 55% Total people Groups Least reached 996 (26.4%)

TOTAL EDITS DONE People in Country edits 660 People groups deleted 67 People groups added 13 Religions in Country edited 565 Religions in country added 68 Religions deleted 1

CAP EDITS BY REGION HORN, Edits 221, Added 2, Deletes 26 INDIAN ISLANDS, Edits 30, Added 1, Deleted 7 FRANCO PHONE CENTRAL, Edits 26, Added 0, Deleted 1 ANGLOPHONE WEST, Edits 113, Added 0, Deletes 3

MANI EDITS BY REGION East Africa Edits 95, Added 0, Deletes 8 Southern Africa, Edits 81, Added 12, Deleted 21 Portuguese, Edits 0, Added 0, Deleted 0 Franco Phone West, Edits 2, Added 0, Deletes 0

Why data not entered?  Outstanding questions on data received from Countries  Problems getting spreadsheets send to the DATA team and DATA team not able to access edited data.  Spreadsheets changed and data could not be verified  Portuguese countries, 2 Countries were evaluated but there was no edits to be done.

Number of Un-reached People Groups

Un-reached for each Christian

% Population Least Reached and groups

COMPARISON

Summary of edits TYPEEditsAddedDeletedTotal Language alternate Names Language resources0170 Alternate Names Across Countries People Across countries Religions in Country Other Population Sources People in Country edits Language in Country Totals

Challenges  The hurdles of war, famine, poor communications, expensive and difficult travel, illness, Culture etc all have created hindrances.  We did not manage, nor did we expect to update all the data for every people group in Sub-Saharan Africa. (There are at least different possible data fields for every people group. We only focused on 6)  Nobody has ever tried to do this kind of evaluation in such a large region. There is no example to follow and we are learning by making mistakes.  Underestimate the implications of the work to be done and the challenges in the Area

The way forward  Continue CAP data review, so as to accurately identify all Least-Reached People Groups of Africa. An emphasis is needed on the demographic data collection.  Some data needs further validation or clarification before edits are accepted.  Enhance and develop research and mapping teams in the regions and countries.  Continue developing the DATA (Database Advisory Team for Africa), whose role it is to review information, manage CAP, and other research processes.  Prioritize Francophone West and Central Africa for CAP processes.  Train representatives in the regions and in countries in the use of the EIS database for data management on a country level.  Strengthen existing, and develop new Regional, Continental and Global relationships and partnerships to enhance the gathering and management of data for the Continent.

TABLE QUESTION What is your personal response to the information you received today?

COUNTRY QUESTIONS 1.How do you feel about the quality of data for your country? 2.How can this information help you with better church planting strategies? 3.Is there a need for the church in your country to proceed with the CAP process? 4.What is the next 3 steps you plan to take to accomplish a better set of data?