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The Mangas of Nigeria

The Mangas of Nigeria, numbering approximately 250 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Nigeria. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Mangas is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Mangas (zns)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 250
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013986
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

10%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mangas
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Mansi (Nigeria) Speakers

Media Resources in Mangas:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Mangas:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mangas 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 Mangas:
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 Mangas of Nigeria

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that those who are lost and unaware of God's blessings will come to know Him as the one true God, put their trust in Him, and join in praising Him among the nations.

Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
readPsalm 66:5

Pray that many here will come and see what the Creator God has done on their behalf.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
readPsalm 22:27

Pray that all families of the nations will worship the Lord in spirit and in truth.

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
readJohn 1:12

Pray that believers will have the opportunity to clearly share the good news with the lost here, so that all people can be invited to trust in Jesus and become children of God.

Mangas Across Countries (ROP3 - 106247) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MangasPG013986MangasNigeria250No Longer UnreachedMangasFolk Islam

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