The Navaho of United States

The Navaho of United States, numbering approximately 336,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous community of the United States. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Navajo is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: North American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Navajo (nav)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 336,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043558
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Pray for the Navaho of United States

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Navajo
Language Family: Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit

83%
%
Navajo Speakers

Media Resources in Navajo:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Navajo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1985 American Bible Society✓

1 entry

Or check out the Navajo bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: No longer Unreached

The Navaho 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 Navaho:
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 Navaho of United States

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
readEphesians 2:8-9

Pray that the lost among them will receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, and be created for good works.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
readPsalm 104:8

Pray that they will see the hand of God in the beauty and order of the natural world, and that they will worship Him as the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples."
readJohn 8:31

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Christ daily, depending on Him for every need.

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
readLuke 10:6

Pray that, as people come to faith in Christ and want to share it with others, they will be welcomed into homes and received well so that they can share message of hope with many people.

Navajo Across Countries (ROP3 - 107125) reported in the following countries:

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