The Nigerians of France

The Nigerians of France, numbering approximately 30,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a multiethnic diaspora community in France of Nigerian ancestry whose identity reflects the diverse cultures, languages, and traditions of Nigeria while maintaining connections to both Nigerian and French society. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: France
People Cluster: Other Sub-Saharan African
Primary Language(s): English (eng)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 30,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042478

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: English
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
English Speakers

Media Resources in English:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), 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.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Pray specifically for the Nigerians of France

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.
readGenesis 3:15

Pray that those without Christ will hear the words of Genesis 1-3 in their own language, and desire to know their Creator and His provision of salvation.

Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!
readPsalm 96:9

Pray that many who do not yet know Jesus will come to know Him and worship Him in the splendor of His holiness.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
readPhilippians 3:20-21

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember their citizenship is in heaven.

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ...that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
readColossians 4:3-4

Ask God to open doors for believers to share the gospel and help them communicate it clearly so that more people will understand the mystery of Christ and turn to follow Him.

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

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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NigeriansNigeriansUnited States39,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishNeo-Pentecostalism
NigeriansNigeriansUnited Kingdom106,000Engaged yet UnreachedEnglishSunni Islam
NigeriansNigeriansSpain34,500Engaged yet UnreachedEnglishNeo-Pentecostalism
NigeriansNigeriansNetherlands3,100Unengaged and UnreachedEnglishNeo-Pentecostalism
NigeriansNigeriansItaly9,800Engaged yet UnreachedEnglishSunni Islam
NigeriansNigeriansIreland20,000Engaged yet UnreachedEnglishSunni Islam
NigeriansNigeriansFrance30,000Unengaged and UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
NigeriansNigeriansCanada17,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishNeo-Pentecostalism

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

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