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People group profile · PG013890

The Kagoro of Nigeria

The Kagoro of Nigeria, numbering about 38,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are one of six dialect subgroups of Tyap (kcg), a language of Nigeria.

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

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Fast facts

Country
Nigeria
Population
38,000
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Malinke
Primary language
Tyap (kcg)
Primary religion
Neo-Pentecostalism
Strategic Progress Index ?
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
20% or Greater but Less than 30%
GSEC ?
10% or Greater Evangelical
Lostness priority ?
Significantly Reached People Group
Region
Western Africa, Africa

Where they live

Gospel status

The Kagoro are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.

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

Next steps for the Kagoro

  • 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

75% adherents

Primary language

Tyap · Atlantic-Congo family

100% speak Tyap

Gospel resources in Tyap

  • Bible available, published 2015
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Films

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Kagoro

  1. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
  2. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
  3. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
  4. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.

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