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People group profile · PG014011

The Nandu-Tari of Nigeria

The Nandu-Tari of Nigeria, numbering about 28,000 people, are No Longer 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 Neo-Pentecostalism, and they primarily speak Ahwai.

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Fast facts

Country
Nigeria
Population
28,000
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Benue
Primary language
Ahwai (nfd)
Primary religion
Neo-Pentecostalism
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 ?
Marginally Reached People Group
Region
Western Africa, Africa

Where they live

Gospel status

The Nandu-Tari 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 Nandu-Tari

  • 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

55% adherents

Primary language

Ahwai · Atlantic-Congo family

100% speak Ahwai

Gospel resources in Ahwai

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

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

Pray for the Nandu-Tari

  1. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  2. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  3. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  4. 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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