The Nangumiri of Australia

The Nangumiri of Australia, numbering approximately 60 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an Aboriginal Australian people of the Daly River region of the Northern Territory whose traditional country lies along the Flora and Daly rivers and who are closely associated with the Ngan’gi language communities They are an Indigenous people, with Nangumiri as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Aboriginal Australians people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. They mostly adhere to Animism and Ngan'gityemerri is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Australia
People Cluster: Aboriginal Australians
Primary Language(s): Ngan'gityemerri (nam)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 60
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG008012
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ngan'gityemerri
Language Family: Southern Daly

45%
%
Ngan’gityemerri Speakers

Media Resources in Ngan'gityemerri:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Ngan'gityemerri:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Ngan'gityemerri bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Nangumiri 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 Nangumiri:
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 Nangumiri of Australia

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.

And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
read1 John 4:21

Pray that the good news of God's love will reach everyone in this people group, and that His love will compel them to love others as Christ has loved us.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
readPsalm 51:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him, and God will help them to proclaim His praise and declare His goodness all day long.

And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
readMatthew 7:28-29

Pray that God will remind believers that they have His authority as they share His truth with the lost, and pray He will draw crowds of people to this message and plant it deeply in their hearts.

Nangumiri Across Countries (ROP3 - 107076) reported in the following countries:

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