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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Warji of Nigeria

The Warji of Nigeria, numbering approximately 155,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Nigeria. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Warji is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Warji (wji)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 155,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014165
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

87%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Warji
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Warji Speakers

Media Resources in Warji:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Warji:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Warji 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 Warji:
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

Pray specifically for the Warji of Nigeria

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
readRomans 5:10

Pray that any who may be enemies of God will grasp the depth of God's love demonstrated through Christ's death for the ungodly, and be reconciled to Him.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb’
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that many people will receive the gospel and will be part of the great multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, clothed in white robes and palm branches, proclaiming salvation belongs to our God.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember God's mercy and grace and experience joy as they walk in new life with Christ.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Warji Across Countries (ROP3 - 110695) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
WarjiPG014165WarjiNigeria155,000Engaged yet UnreachedWarjiFolk Islam

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