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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Nigerians of United Kingdom

The Nigerians of United Kingdom, numbering approximately 106,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a multi-ethnic people of Nigerian citizenship or ancestry. Large-scale migration began in the 1970s and 1980s fueled mainly by economic inequality and political instability. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: United Kingdom
People Cluster: Other Sub-Saharan African
Primary Language(s): English (eng)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 106,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042322

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: English
Language Family:

100%
%
English Speakers

Media Resources in English:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in English:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
American Standard Bible✓
English Standard Version® - Hear the Word Audio Bible✓✓
English Version for the Deaf✓
Holy Bible, New International Version ®✓
Holy Bible, New International Version ® - LUMO Christmas Film✓
Holy Bible, New International Version ® - LUMO Easter Film✓
King James Version✓✓✓
New American Standard Bible (NASB)✓
New Life Version (Easy to Read)✓
New Living Translation®, Holy Sanctuary version✓
Revised Version 1885✓
World English Bible - Winfred Henson✓✓
World Messianic Version✓
Wycliffe Modern✓

14 entries

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Nigerians 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 Nigerians:
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 Nigerians of United Kingdom

And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you."
read1 Samuel 13:13a

Pray that those who are walking in disobedience will recognize their sin and to turn to God.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that the lost will not perish but come to repentance and that God's patience and long-suffering will lead them to salvation.

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
readPsalm 32:7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that God is their hiding place and that He will preserve them in the midst of trials.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Nigerians (English) Across Countries (ROP3 - 107319) reported in the following countries:

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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NigeriansPG047652NigeriansUnited States39,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishNeo-Pentecostalism
NigeriansPG047466NigeriansCanada17,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishNeo-Pentecostalism
NigeriansPG043735NigeriansSpain34,500Engaged yet UnreachedEnglishNeo-Pentecostalism
NigeriansPG043169NigeriansItaly9,800Engaged yet UnreachedEnglishSunni Islam
NigeriansPG042478NigeriansFrance30,000Unengaged and UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
NigeriansPG042322NigeriansUnited Kingdom106,000Engaged yet UnreachedEnglishSunni Islam
NigeriansPG042321NigeriansIreland20,000Engaged yet UnreachedEnglishSunni Islam
NigeriansPG033524NigeriansNetherlands3,100Unengaged and UnreachedEnglishNeo-Pentecostalism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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