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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Fang of Equatorial Guinea

The Fang of Equatorial Guinea, numbering approximately 1,270,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Equatorial Guinea; a dialect subgroup of Fang (Equatorial Guinea) (fan) and can also be known as Okak, Ntumu. They are an Indigenous people, in the Bantu, Central-Congo people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Christianity - Protestantism. They primarily speak Fang (Equatorial Guinea).

Fang in United States photo
Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. Photo Source: Tadekint73 - Wikimedia Tadekint73 - Wikimedia Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-saharan Africa Peoples
Country: Equatorial Guinea
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Congo
Primary Language(s): Fang (Equatorial Guinea) (fan)
Primary Religion(s): Christianity - Protestantism
Population: 1,270,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013163

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Christianity - Protestant… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Fang (Equatorial Guinea)
Language Family: Niger-Congo

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Fang (Equatorial Guinea) Speakers

Media Resources in Fang (Equatorial Guinea):

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Next steps for the Fang

The Fang 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 Fang

The Fang 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.

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

Next steps for the Fang

The Fang 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.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
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

Pray specifically for the Fang of Equatorial Guinea

Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
readJerremiah 32:17

Pray that the God who made the heavens and the earth by the power of His outstretched arm, the One who is able to save those who are lost, will show His great love and mercy to those who are walking in darkness.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in what God has done for them and will help others know how they can also be reconciled to God.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
readActs 17:30

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will boldly and lovingly declare that God commands all people everywhere to repent.

Fang (ROP3 - 102997) reported in the following countries:

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