People group profile · PG014013
The Nde of Nigeria
The Nde of Nigeria, numbering about 53,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Ekoid-speaking people of Nigeria's Cross River State whose Nde dialect forms the largest of three closely related but culturally distinct varieties, spoken alongside the Nsele and Nta, within the wider Bakor cluster of farming communities.
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 Nde-Nsele-Nta.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 53,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Benue
- Primary language
- Nde-Nsele-Nta (ndd)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Nde are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Nde
- 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
88% adherents
Primary language
Nde-Nsele-Nta · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Nde-Nsele-Nta
Gospel resources in Nde-Nsele-Nta
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Nta)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Nde
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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