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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ngombe of Congo, Democratic Republic of the

The Ngombe of Congo, Democratic Republic of the, numbering approximately 806,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenous community of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are an Indigenous people, in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism. They primarily speak Ngombe (Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Ngombe in Democratic Republic of the Congo photo
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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Congo, Democratic Republic of the
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Ngombe (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (ngc)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 806,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014687
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ngombe (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

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Ngombe (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Speakers

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Next steps for the Ngombe

The Ngombe 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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Next steps for the Ngombe

The Ngombe 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 Ngombe

The Ngombe 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 Ngombe of Congo, Democratic Republic of the

For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
readPsalm 18:31

As people look to their own efforts for hope, pray they will have the opportunity to learn and believe in the Lord, who is the only Rock worthy of their faith.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."
readIsaiah 52:7

Pray that those who don't know the good news of peace and salvation through Jesus Christ will have an opportunity to receive it. Pray that it will bring hope and healing to their souls.

Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
readMark 10:29-30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know that when they make sacrifices to follow Jesus, He is there with them and will bless them abundantly in this life and in the life to come.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

Ngombe (ROP3 - 107278) reported in the following countries:

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