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The Shanga of Nigeria

The Shanga of Nigeria, numbering approximately 29,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached.
They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Nigeria and can also be known as Tienga, Shangawa.
They are an Indigenous people, with Shanga as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Mande people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African.
Their primary religion is Islam - Folk.
They primarily speak Shanga.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Shanga are Unengaged and Unreached, 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.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Shanga 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.

No longer Unreached

The Shanga 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.

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readJohn 3:17

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Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
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Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
readJames 1:2-3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will consider it pure joy when they face trials of many kinds, trusting in God's promise that the testing of their faith produces perseverance.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

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