The Ngarinyin of Australia

The Ngarinyin of Australia, numbering approximately 90 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Aboriginal Australian people of the central and northern Kimberley region of Western Australia who identify as Wilinggin people and form part of the Wanjina Wunggurr cultural bloc alongside the Wunambal and Worrorra. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Ngarinyin is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Australia
People Cluster: Aboriginal Australians
Primary Language(s): Ngarinyin (ung)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 90
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG008023
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

43%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ngarinyin
Language Family: Worrorran

80%
%
Ngarinyin Speakers

Media Resources in Ngarinyin:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Ngarinyin:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Ngarinyin bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ngarinyin 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 Ngarinyin:
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 Ngarinyin of Australia

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
read1 Chronicles 16:26

Pray that those among them who are lost and seeking after worthless idols will have the opportunity to hear and respond to the good news, seeing that Jesus is better than any idol.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that they will receive the Word of God as a lamp to their feet and commit their ways to Him.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
readRomans 12:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will offer their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, knowing that this is their spiritual worship.

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.
readPsalm 67:1-2

Pray that as God blesses believers from among this people group or from nearby cultures, He will raise them up to share His saving power among the nations.

Ngarinyin Across Countries (ROP3 - 107246) reported in the following countries:

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