People group profile · PG008023
The Ngarinyin of Australia
The Ngarinyin of Australia, numbering about 90 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Aboriginal Australian people of the central and northern Kimberley region of Western Australia who identify as Wilinggin people and form part of the Wanjina Wunggurr cultural bloc alongside the Wunambal and Worrorra.
They are an indigenous people in the Aboriginal Australians people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Ngarinyin.
Fast facts
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 90
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Aboriginal Australians
- Primary language
- Ngarinyin (ung)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Australia and New Zealand, Oceania
- Location
- Western Australia: Derby to King river, Kimberley
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ngarinyin are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Ngarinyin
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
43% adherents
Primary language
Ngarinyin · Worrorran family
80% speak Ngarinyin
Gospel resources in Ngarinyin
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ngarinyin
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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