People group profile · PG013999
The Mini of Nigeria
The Mini of Nigeria, numbering about 6,600 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Central Delta people of Bayelsa State's Brass, Ogbia, and Nembe local government areas, whose homeland became part of the Oil Rivers Protectorate in 1885 and the Niger Coast Protectorate in 1893 before joining the amalgamated colony of Nigeria in 1914.
They are an indigenous people in the Benue people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Abureni.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 6,600
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Benue
- Primary language
- Abureni (mgj)
- 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
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mini 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 Mini
- 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
65% adherents
Primary language
Abureni · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Abureni
Gospel resources in Abureni
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Abureni)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mini
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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