The Nigerians of Netherlands

The Nigerians of Netherlands, numbering approximately 3,100 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are people from Nigeria established in the Netherlands through migration for study, work, marriage, and asylum, maintaining connections to Nigerian cultural identities. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Netherlands
People Cluster: Other Sub-Saharan African
Primary Language(s): English (eng)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 3,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG033524

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Neo-Pentecostalism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Neo-Pentecostalism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: English
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
English Speakers

Media Resources in English:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Pioneer Unreached People Group, (LPI: 1), 0.1% or Greater but Less than 0.5% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Nigerians:
Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Pray specifically for the Nigerians of Netherlands

For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
readPsalm 18:31

As people look to their own efforts for hope, pray they will have the opportunity to learn and believe in the Lord, who is the only Rock worthy of their faith.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
readPsalm 1:1-2

Pray that God will call out many sons and daughters from among them and give them a deep love for His Word.

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.
readMatthew 18:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be encouraged as they remember that Jesus is with them when they gather in His name.

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.

Nigerians (English) Across Countries (ROP3 - 107319) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

All

8 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Nigerians Nigerians United Kingdom 106,000 Engaged yet Unreached English Sunni Islam
Nigerians Nigerians United States 39,500 No Longer Unreached English Neo-Pentecostalism
Nigerians Nigerians Spain 34,500 Engaged yet Unreached English Neo-Pentecostalism
Nigerians Nigerians France 30,000 Unengaged and Unreached English Protestantism
Nigerians Nigerians Ireland 20,000 Engaged yet Unreached English Sunni Islam
Nigerians Nigerians Canada 17,000 No Longer Unreached English Neo-Pentecostalism
Nigerians Nigerians Italy 9,800 Engaged yet Unreached English Sunni Islam
Nigerians Nigerians Netherlands 3,100 Unengaged and Unreached English Neo-Pentecostalism

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