People group profile · PG010333
The Omwunra-Tugura of Papua New Guinea
The Omwunra-Tugura of Papua New Guinea, numbering about 14,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous Tairora-speaking people of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. They are associated with the South Tairora language and are part of the broader Trans-New Guinea linguistic and cultural landscape of the Kainantu-Obura region.
They are an indigenous people in the New Guinea people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak South Tairora.
Fast facts
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Population
- 14,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- New Guinea
- Primary language
- South Tairora (omw)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Melanesia, Oceania
Where they live
Gospel status
The Omwunra-Tugura are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Omwunra-Tugura
- 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
44% adherents
Primary language
South Tairora · Nuclear Trans New Guinea family
100% speak South Tairora
Gospel resources in South Tairora
- Bible available, published 2014
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Omwunra-Toqura)
Bibles
- 2000, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Omwunra-Tugura
- 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.
- 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.
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