People group profile · PG013361
The Namnam of Ghana
The Namnam of Ghana, numbering about 65,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community within Ghana's wider Frafra cultural cluster in the Upper East Region, closely tied to the neighboring Gurensi, Talensi, and Kusasi, speaking the Nabdam, or Namnam, dialect.
They are an indigenous people in the Gur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Farefare.
Fast facts
- Country
- Ghana
- Population
- 65,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Gur
- Primary language
- Farefare (gur)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- Western Africa, Africa
- Location
- Upper East region: Bolgatanga municipal district, Frafra area, west to Navrongo
Where they live
Gospel status
The Namnam 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 Namnam
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
86% adherents
Primary language
Farefare · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Farefare
Gospel resources in Farefare
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Gurenne)
Bibles
- 2003 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
- 2008 Bible League Intl. · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Namnam
- 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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