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The Ngumba of Equatorial Guinea

The Ngumba of Equatorial Guinea, numbering approximately 29,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Bantu people whose Kwasio language is shared with the related Bujeba, Mabi, and Gyele across the Cameroon-Equatorial Guinea coastal border, increasingly assimilated in recent decades into the dominant Fang. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Kwasio is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Equatorial Guinea
People Cluster: Bantu, Northwest
Primary Language(s): Kwasio (nmg)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 29,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013169
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kwasio
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

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Kwasio Speakers

Media Resources in Kwasio:

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Bible Resources in Kwasio:

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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): Pioneer Unreached People Group, (LPI: 1), 0.1% or Greater but Less than 0.5% 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 Ngumba:
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Pray specifically for the Ngumba of Equatorial Guinea

Only in the LORD, it shall be said of me, are righteousness and strength; to him shall come and be ashamed all who were incensed against him.
readIsaiah 45:24

Pray that those who are weary and burdened by their own righteousness will find rest in the righteousness that comes through faith in Christ alone.

There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.
readPsalm 19:3

Pray that God will lead them to His Word, and where it is not available, ask that He will raise up those who will produce gospel media in their heart language.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
readPsalm 51:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him, and God will help them to proclaim His praise and declare His goodness all day long.

And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
readMark 1:17-18

Pray that God will raise up believers from this place and/or other cultures nearby to proclaim the gospel to those who desperately need to encounter it.

Ngumba Across Countries (ROP3 - 107287) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NgumbaPG013169NgumbaEquatorial Guinea29,500Unengaged and UnreachedKwasioProtestantism
NgumbaPG012739NgumbaCameroon29,000No Longer UnreachedKwasioEthnoreligion

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