People group profile · PG013744
The Dong of Nigeria
The Dong of Nigeria, numbering about 10,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Nigeria.
They are an indigenous people in the Benue people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Dong.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 10,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Benue
- Primary language
- Dong (doh)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Dong 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 Dong
- 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
59% adherents
Primary language
Dong · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Dong
Gospel resources in Dong
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Dong
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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