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The Zeliang Naga of India

The Zeliang Naga of India, numbering approximately 107,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Naga group of Nagaland combining the Zemei and Liangmei peoples, who migrated from Manipur in the remote past. Shifting and terrace agriculture remain primary, and most are Christian, alongside traditional tribal religion. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Zeme Naga is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Tangsa Naga
Primary Language(s): Zeme Naga (nzm)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 107,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG041995
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

87%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Zeme Naga
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Naga, Zeme Speakers

Media Resources in Zeme Naga:

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Bible Resources in Zeme Naga:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Zeliang Naga 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 Zeliang Naga:
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 Zeliang Naga of India

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 8:1

Pray that God will reassure those who may be struggling with the cost of following Jesus that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost will look to Jesus lifted up on the cross and believe in Him, gaining eternal life with God.

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
readRomans 8:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the God who has given them freedom from fear so that they will trust Him completely as their good Father who meets all their needs.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

Ask God to raise up and send out believers cross-culturally who will go out in His authority and be sustained by His peace as they share the gospel with the lost.

Naga, Zeliang Across Countries (ROP3 - 113911) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Zeliang NagaPG041995Zeliang NagaIndia107,000No Longer UnreachedZeme NagaProtestantism

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