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People group profile · PG013365

The Nchumbulu of Ghana

The Nchumbulu of Ghana, numbering about 3,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Ghana.

They are an indigenous people in the Guinean people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Neo-Pentecostalism, and they primarily speak Nchumbulu.

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Fast facts

Country
Ghana
Population
3,000
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Guinean
Primary language
Nchumbulu (nlu)
Primary religion
Neo-Pentecostalism
Strategic Progress Index
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
5% or Greater but Less than 10%
GSEC
5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
Lostness priority
Moderately Reached People Group
Region
Western Africa, Africa
Location
Brong-Ahafo region: 3 villages west of Lake Volta near Kplang

Where they live

Gospel status

The Nchumbulu are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.

  • Congregations exist Yes
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Nchumbulu

  • 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

Neo-Pentecostalism · Christianity

Primary language

Nchumbulu · Atlantic-Congo family

62% speak Nchumbulu

Gospel resources in Nchumbulu

  • 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 Nchumbulu

  1. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  2. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  3. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  4. 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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