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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Tula of Nigeria

The Tula of Nigeria, numbering approximately 65,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Gombe State people whose defensive Tula Cave rock formation shielded them from invaders for centuries, marking marriages with a fertility-linked bridal dance and organized under the traditional Tula Kingdom based in Wange. They mostly adhere to Animism and Tula is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Tula (tul)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 65,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014134
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

80%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tula
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Tula Speakers

Media Resources in Tula:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Tula:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Tula 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.

Next steps for the Tula:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Tula of Nigeria

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
readRomans 5:7-8

Pray for the many who don't yet understand the hope of the gospel, and pray that God will reveal to them that while they were in darkness, Christ died for them.

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that everyone has access to God's Word and that those who hear the good news will turn from their sins and put their faith in Jesus the Messiah.

And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
readLuke 9:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will meditate on the stories of Jesus' miracles, be in awe of Him, and trust Him for everything they need.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that God will bring people to faith who are excited about the eternal life they have in Christ and will want to cross cultures to share this hope with others.

Tula Across Countries (ROP3 - 110259) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
TulaPG014134TulaNigeria65,000No Longer UnreachedTulaAnimism

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