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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Hoggar-Tuareg of Niger

The Hoggar-Tuareg of Niger, numbering approximately 58,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of the Tuareg Amazigh, indigenous to the Tamanrasset province of southeastern Algeria and neighboring areas in Libya and Niger They are an Indigenous people, in the Tuareg people cluster of the Arab Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Islam - Sunni. They primarily speak Tamahaq, Tahaggart.

Hoggar-Tuareg in Niger photo
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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
Country: Niger
People Cluster: Tuareg
Primary Language(s): Tamahaq, Tahaggart (thv)
Primary Religion(s): Islam - Sunni
Population: 58,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013601
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Islam - Sunni
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Islam - Sunni Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tamahaq, Tahaggart
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

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Tamahaq, Tahaggart Speakers

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Next steps for the Hoggar-Tuareg

The Hoggar-Tuareg 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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Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Next steps for the Hoggar-Tuareg

The Hoggar-Tuareg 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 Hoggar-Tuareg

The Hoggar-Tuareg 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 Hoggar-Tuareg of Niger

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
readMatthew 5:6

Pray for those who are lost to desire righteousness and to be filled with the peace and purpose that only comes from following Jesus.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
readPsalm 57:10

Pray that God will work, even in the hearts of hard-to-reach people, and that they will rejoice in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples."
readJohn 8:31

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Christ daily, depending on Him for every need.

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
readMatthew 6:9b-10

Pray that God will raise up Christians who are driven by a desire to see God's name worshiped, His kingdom come, and His will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Ask Him to send them to the lost in this people group and sustain them.

Tuareg, Tahaggart (ROP3 - 110233) reported in the following countries:

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