Uvbie, Evrie in Nigeria
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| People Name: | Uvbie, Evrie |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| 10/40 Window: | Yes |
| Population: | 40,000 |
| World Population: | 40,000 |
| Primary Language: | Uvbie |
| Primary Religion: | Christianity |
| Christian Adherents: | 82.00 % |
| Evangelicals: | 6.00 % |
| Scripture: | Translation Started |
| Ministry Resources: | No |
| Jesus Film: | No |
| Audio Recordings: | No |
| People Cluster: | Guinean |
| Affinity Bloc: | Sub-Saharan Peoples |
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Introduction / History
The Evrie Uvbie are a subgroup of the Urhobo peoples of southern Nigeria, rooted in the Niger Delta. Their history is shaped by migration, kinship alliances, and adaptation to riverine and forest environments. Over generations, they developed strong clan identity, communal leadership, and rich oral traditions. (Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urhobo_people)
What Are Their Lives Like?
Most Evrie Uvbie families depend on farming, fishing, and small-scale trading. Cassava, yams, plantains, and palm products support daily life. Extended families live in close community, valuing respect for elders and cooperation. Festivals include harvest celebrations, music, dance, and storytelling. Meals often feature pounded yam, soups, fish, and palm oil-based dishes.
What Are Their Beliefs?
Traditional beliefs emphasize a supreme creator, ancestral spirits, and local deities who influence health, fertility, and prosperity. There are few evangelicals, but many identify as Christian. Traditional practices and spiritual fear often remain deeply rooted.
What Are Their Needs?
Access to biblical teaching, discipleship, and local-language Scripture is limited. Many lack healthcare, clean water, stable education, and economic opportunity, which deepens vulnerability and spiritual anxiety. The Evrie Uvbie need spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.
Prayer Points
Pray for spiritual freedom through Christ, bold local believers, and strong churches.
Pray asking God to provide clean water, medical care, education, and sustainable livelihoods. Pray for peace, unity, and hope rooted in the gospel.
Pray for the faithful translation and wide distribution of the Scriptures, discipleship materials, and evangelism resources in the Uvbie language.
Pray that the Evrie Uvbie Christians would wholeheartedly embrace the great commission, preach the gospel, teach the Bible, plant churches, and make disciples.