The Gwandara of Nigeria

The Gwandara of Nigeria, numbering approximately 54,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are descendants of pre-Islamic Hausa who split from Kano-area society under the legendary founder Barbushe, dispersing into over a hundred villages across central Nigeria while keeping traditional religion instead of the Islam that later defined the Hausa. They mostly adhere to Animism and Gwandara is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Gwandara (gwn)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 54,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013823
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

86%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gwandara
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Gwandara Speakers

Media Resources in Gwandara:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Gwandara:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Gwandara 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 Gwandara:
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We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that those who need to surrender their lives to Christ will confess their sins and trust in Him, being united with Him in His death and resurrection, walking in newness of life.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that God will be working in people's hearts, give them opportunities to receive the gospel, and bring many to faith in Himself.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
readPsalm 56:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's promises, knowing that He will uphold them with His righteous right hand.

The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
readJohn 1:35-36

Pray for those God sends to cross cultures to share the gospel, that they might faithfully share the good news of the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

Gwandara Across Countries (ROP3 - 103609) reported in the following countries:

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