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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Nigerian Mambila of Nigeria

The Nigerian Mambila of Nigeria, numbering approximately 225,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people primarily on the Mambilla Plateau (Taraba State). They mostly adhere to Animism and Nigeria Mambila is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Nigerian Mambila

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Nigeria Mambila (mzk)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 225,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014026
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Pray for the Nigerian Mambila of Nigeria

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

50%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nigeria Mambila
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Mambila, Nigeria Speakers

Media Resources in Nigeria Mambila:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Nigeria Mambila:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1977 Bible League Intl.✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Nigeria Mambila bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Nigerian Mambila 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.

Next steps for the Nigerian Mambila:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Nigerian Mambila of Nigeria

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
readRomans 11:22

Pray that God will transform those who persist in unbelief and, in His everlasting kindness, graft them into His family.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that the gospel will advance among those who don’t know the good news of salvation in Jesus so that they might believe and trust in Jesus.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
readPsalm 56:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's promises, knowing that He will uphold them with His righteous right hand.

You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.
read2 Corinthians 1:11

Pray that many people will join in praying for the spread of the gospel here, and that God will answer these prayers by drawing more people to Himself.

Mambila, Nigeria Across Countries (ROP3 - 106197) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Nigerian MambilaPG014026Nigerian MambilaNigeria225,000No Longer UnreachedNigeria MambilaAnimism

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