The Djambarrapuyngu of Australia

The Djambarrapuyngu of Australia, numbering approximately 9,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Yolŋu Aboriginal clan of northeastern Arnhem Land whose traditional country includes the Buckingham Bay region and whose members belong to the Dhuwa moiety within the broader Yolŋu cultural tradition. They mostly adhere to Animism and Djambarrpuyngu is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Australia
People Cluster: Aboriginal Australians
Primary Language(s): Djambarrpuyngu (djr)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 9,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007871
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

65%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Djambarrpuyngu
Language Family: Pama-Nyungan

100%
%
Djambarrpuyngu Speakers

Media Resources in Djambarrpuyngu:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Djambarrpuyngu:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Djambarrapuyngu 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 Djambarrapuyngu:
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 Djambarrapuyngu of Australia

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
readJames 2:5

Pray for those living in despair to experience the riches of God's love and the hope of eternal life through faith in Christ.

"O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me."
readJohn 17:25

Pray that the lost will come to know the Father and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent, and that they will be filled with His love and grace.

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
readHebrews 10:39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, and faithfully follow God, they will share Christ boldly with those around them.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

Djambarrapuyngu Across Countries (ROP3 - 102638) reported in the following countries:

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