People group profile · PG013613
The Western Fulani of Niger
The Western Fulani of Niger, numbering about 953,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are one of several subgroups of the Fulbe, the world's largest community of nomadic herders.
They are an indigenous people in the Fulani / Fulbe people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Western Niger Fulfulde.
Fast facts
- Country
- Niger
- Population
- 953,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Fulani / Fulbe
- Primary language
- Western Niger Fulfulde (fuh)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Western Fulani 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Western Fulani
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
99% adherents
Primary language
Western Niger Fulfulde · Atlantic-Congo family
90% speak Western Niger Fulfulde
Gospel resources in Western Niger Fulfulde
- Bible available, published 2018
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
Bibles
- 2012 SIM · video, audio, text
- Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. et SIM Niger, 2018 · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Western Fulani
- 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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