The Deaf Nicaraguans of Nicaragua

The Deaf Nicaraguans of Nicaragua, numbering approximately 72,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community of individuals who are culturally Deaf and actively participate in Deaf culture, often using sign language as their primary means of communication. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Nicaraguan Sign Language is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Deaf Peoples
Country: Nicaragua
People Cluster: Deaf
Primary Language(s): Nicaraguan Sign Language (ncs)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 72,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024803
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nicaraguan Sign Language
Language Family: Sign Language

100%
%
Nicaraguan Sign Language Speakers

Media Resources in Nicaraguan Sign Language:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Nicaraguan Sign Language:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Nicaraguan Sign Language bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Deaf Nicaraguans are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Deaf Nicaraguans:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Deaf Nicaraguans of Nicaragua

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:22

Pray for many lost people to turn to the Lord, finding forgiveness and salvation in Him, for He is the only way to true life and restoration.

As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.
readMatthew 13:23

Pray that their hearts will have good soil that receives the Word, understands it, and bears fruit for God's kingdom.

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
readRomans 5:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the hope of glory and be in awe of God's mercy that gives them access to Him through faith.

And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readLuke 10:2

Ask God to send out laborers into His harvest field, raising up believers from around the world to go and proclaim the kingdom of God with those who need to hear it.

Deaf Nicaraguan Across Countries (ROP3 - 116663) reported in the following countries:

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