The Comorian Ngazidja of Comoros

The Comorian Ngazidja of Comoros, numbering approximately 425,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Comorian people of Ngazidja (Grande Comore) whose matrilineal, matrilocal society combines descent through women with male age-based political assemblies and the status-conferring Great Marriage. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Ngazidja Comorian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Comoros
People Cluster: Bantu, Swahili
Primary Language(s): Ngazidja Comorian (zdj)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 425,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG015271
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

50%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ngazidja Comorian
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Comorian, Ngazidja Speakers

Media Resources in Ngazidja Comorian:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Ngazidja Comorian:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Ngazidja Comorian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Comorian Ngazidja 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 Comorian Ngazidja:
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 Comorian Ngazidja of Comoros

The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
readPsalm 9:9-10

Pray that God will help those who are oppressed and without hope to hear the good news of Jesus and trust in Him, for He has never forsaken those who seek Him.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray for the gospel to advance and for more people to be brought into God's family through the reconciliation Jesus offers them.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
read2 Corinthians 9:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God in all things, especially in times of persecution.

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
readPsalm 96:4

Pray that God will raise up believers to declare His glory among the lost, so that they may know that He is great and greatly to be praised, that He is exalted above all gods.

Comorian, Ngazidja Across Countries (ROP3 - 102273) reported in the following countries:

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