People group profile · PG013667
The Banwinji of Nigeria
The Banwinji of Nigeria, numbering about 13,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a people of southeastern Bauchi State who migrated from the Tula hills to Bangnatana Hill near Kaltungo, later driven to higher ground or shelter among the Billiri and Loh by Dadiya attacks, resettling the plains only once peace arrived in the 1920s.
They are an indigenous people in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Bangwinji.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 13,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Adamawa-Ubangi
- Primary language
- Bangwinji (bsj)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- 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
- Gombe: Balanga, Billiri, and Kaltungo LGAs
Where they live
Gospel status
The Banwinji 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 Banwinji
- 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
60% adherents
Primary language
Bangwinji · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Bangwinji
Gospel resources in Bangwinji
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Bangjinge)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Banwinji
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
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