People group profile · PG012911
The Ngbaka Gbaya of Central African Republic
The Ngbaka Gbaya of Central African Republic, numbering about 61,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
They are a diaspora people in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Ngbaka.
Fast facts
- Country
- Central African Republic
- Population
- 61,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Adamawa-Ubangi
- Primary language
- Ngbaka (nga)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Location
- Scattered
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ngbaka Gbaya are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Ngbaka Gbaya
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Primary language
Ngbaka · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Ngbaka
Gospel resources in Ngbaka
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Ngbaka)
Bibles
- 1995 Kinshasa: La Société Biblique du Zaïre · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ngbaka Gbaya
- 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.
Ngbaka Gbaya in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngbaka | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1,390,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Ngbaka | Congo | 7,600 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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