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The Northwestern Ojibwa of Canada

The Northwestern Ojibwa of Canada, numbering approximately 26,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Algonquian-speaking Ojibwe people descended from bands that expanded west from Lake Huron in the seventeenth century, relying on hunting, wild rice harvesting, and maple sugaring in northwestern Ontario. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Northwestern Ojibwa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: North American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Northwestern Ojibwa (ojb)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 26,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043376
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Northwestern Ojibwa
Language Family: Algic

80%
%
Ojibwa, Northwestern Speakers

Media Resources in Northwestern Ojibwa:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Northwestern Ojibwa:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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2008 Canadian Bible Society✓✓

2 entries

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Northwestern Ojibwa 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 Northwestern Ojibwa:
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 Northwestern Ojibwa of Canada

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
readActs 4:12

Pray that those walking in darkness among them will come to know the name by which they must be saved, and call upon Him in faith.

All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.
readPsalm 66:4

Pray that the good news of Jesus will advance here and that many will bow down and sing praises to His name.

Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
readPsalm 127:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will build their homes in the Lord and raise their children to know and honor Him.

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations.
readPsalm 57:9

Pray that God will raise up believers among them who will boldly go and share the gospel with people nearby and with those far away.

Ojibwa, Northwestern Across Countries (ROP3 - 114921) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Northwestern OjibwaPG043376Northwestern OjibwaCanada26,500No Longer UnreachedNorthwestern OjibwaProtestantism

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