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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Nyanganyatjara of Australia

The Nyanganyatjara of Australia, numbering approximately 2,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Australia They are an Indigenous people, in the Aboriginal Australians people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Christianity - Protestantism. They primarily speak Ngaanyatjarra.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
Country: Australia
People Cluster: Aboriginal Australians
Primary Language(s): Ngaanyatjarra (ntj)
Primary Religion(s): Christianity - Protestantism
Population: 2,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG008041
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Primary Religion: Christianity - Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Christianity - Protestant… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ngaanyatjarra
Language Family: Pama-Nyungan

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Next steps for the Nyanganyatjara

The Nyanganyatjara are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the Nyanganyatjara

The Nyanganyatjara are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the Nyanganyatjara

The Nyanganyatjara 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.

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Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

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And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
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Pray that those walking in darkness among them will come to know the name by which they must be saved, and call upon Him in faith.

Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
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Pray that the gospel will advance and that God will lead people in His truth, bringing many to salvation.

In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
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Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will persevere in hope, remembering that Jesus went to prepare a place for them to be with Him for eternity!

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
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Pray that when discouraging days come, those who cross cultures for the sake of the gospel will be comforted as they remember that the light of Christ is stronger than the darkness that surrounds them.

Nyanganyatjara (ROP3 - 107542) reported in the following countries:

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