People group profile · PG008041
The Nyanganyatjara of Australia
The Nyanganyatjara of Australia, numbering about 2,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Western Desert cultural bloc whose homeland spans the remote desert lands of eastern Western Australia near the Northern Territory and South Australia borders and who are closely associated with the Ngaanyatjarra.
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 Ngaanyatjarra.
Fast facts
- Country
- Australia
- Population
- 2,600
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Aboriginal Australians
- Primary language
- Ngaanyatjarra (ntj)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Australia and New Zealand, Oceania
- Location
- Western Australia: Warburton ranges; Northern Territory: southwest corner
Where they live
Gospel status
The Nyanganyatjara 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 Nyanganyatjara
- 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
36% adherents
Primary language
Ngaanyatjarra · Pama-Nyungan family
45% speak Ngaanyatjarra
Gospel resources in Ngaanyatjarra
- Bible available, published 1991
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2008 Bible Society Australia · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Nyanganyatjara
- 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.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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