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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ngwili of Congo

The Ngwili of Congo, numbering approximately 3,200 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Sudanic origins that is indigenous to the Republic of the Congo. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Southern Ngbandi is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Ngwili

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Congo
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Southern Ngbandi (nbw)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 3,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013004
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

60%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southern Ngbandi
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Ngbandi, Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Southern Ngbandi:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Southern Ngbandi:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
ACTOBA-SUBO✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Southern Ngbandi bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), 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.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Ngwili:
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Pray specifically for the Ngwili of Congo

"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
readJohn 8:32

Pray for those who live enslaved to sin to hear and receive the truth of the gospel and be set free.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 3:23

Pray that the gospel will advance and many will acknowledge that all have sinned, fall short of God's glory, and need a Savior to reconcile them to God.

Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
readMark 10:29-30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know that when they make sacrifices to follow Jesus, He is there with them and will bless them abundantly in this life and in the life to come.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

Ngwili Across Countries (ROP3 - 107301) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NgwiliPG013004NgwiliCongo3,200Unengaged and UnreachedSouthern NgbandiRoman Catholicism

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