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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

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
readIsaiah 59:2

Pray that those who are separated from God will turn to Him in humility and repentance, seeking His forgiveness and the restoration of a right relationship with their Heavenly Father.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
readHebrews 4:12

Pray for God's Word to be accessible to everyone in this people group in a way they will resonate with so that many will engage with it, receive it, and share it with others.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will meditate daily on the Word of God so that, through it, they might have wisdom for the big and small decisions they face every day.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Praise the God who is able to make a way forward, even when it seems impossible. Ask Him to do a new thing among this people group specifically and among the nations, raising up believers to go and share the gospel with individuals and places where it has not flourished before.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
Nigerian MambilaPG014026Nigerian MambilaNigeria225,000No Longer UnreachedNigeria MambilaAnimism

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