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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Gunwinggu of Australia

The Gunwinggu of Australia, numbering approximately 4,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Aboriginal Australian people of western Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory whose identity is associated with the Bininj cultural tradition and the regions surrounding the Liverpool and Tomkinson river systems. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Gunwinggu is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Australia
People Cluster: Aboriginal Australians
Primary Language(s): Gunwinggu (gup)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 4,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG007921
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gunwinggu
Language Family: Gunwinyguan

45%
%
Gunwinggu Speakers

Media Resources in Gunwinggu:

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Bible Resources in Gunwinggu:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Gunwinggu 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 Gunwinggu:
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 Gunwinggu of Australia

But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
readPsalm 130:4

Pray that God will bring those who have hard hearts to repentance and trust in Christ for the forgiveness of their sins.

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
readPsalm 2:10-11

Pray for the rulers and authorities here to seek the Lord and serve Him only. Pray that the people they lead will be amazed by the work of God in their lives.

Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
readPsalm 6:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will remind them that He is near and will help them place their hope in Him when others wish to do them harm.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

Gunwinggu Across Countries (ROP3 - 103573) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
GunwingguPG007921GunwingguAustralia4,900No Longer UnreachedGunwingguProtestantism

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