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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ngbaka Mabo of Congo

The Ngbaka Mabo of Congo, numbering approximately 189,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Ubangian ethnolingustic group indigenous to the Congo Basin of central Africa. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Ngbaka Ma'bo is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Congo
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Ngbaka Ma'bo (nbm)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 189,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012963
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

58%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ngbaka Ma'bo
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Ngbaka Ma’bo Speakers

Media Resources in Ngbaka Ma'bo:

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Bible Resources in Ngbaka Ma'bo:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Ngbaka Mabo 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.

Next steps for the Ngbaka Mabo:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
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

Pray specifically for the Ngbaka Mabo of Congo

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
readProverbs 4:19

Pray that lost people will accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool."
readIsaiah 1:18

Pray that God will make a way for the gospel to reach many through means they can understand and access, that they will receive the good news with joy, and that they will experience complete forgiveness and cleansing from their sin that Jesus offers through His sacrifice.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
readPsalm 22:27

Pray that all families of the nations will worship the Lord in spirit and in truth.

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
readJohn 1:7

Pray that God will raise up witnesses to testify about Jesus so that all might believe, knowing that He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Ngbaka Mabo Across Countries (ROP3 - 107253) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
Ngbaka MaboPG012912Ngbaka MaboCentral African Republic170,000Engaged yet UnreachedNgbaka Ma'boEthnoreligion
Ngbaka MaboPG012963Ngbaka MaboCongo189,000Engaged yet UnreachedNgbaka Ma'boProtestantism
Ngbaka MaboPG014680Ngbaka MaboCongo, Democratic Republic of the39,500No Longer UnreachedNgbaka Ma'boRoman Catholicism

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