People group profile · PG014059
The Ogbronuagum of Nigeria
The Ogbronuagum of Nigeria, numbering about 25,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Central Delta people of Bukuma village in Rivers State whose name literally means the language of the people of Agum, part of a cluster including the Ogbia and Abua whose ancestors arrived in the Niger Delta from the east around two thousand years ago.
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 Ogbronuagum.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 25,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Benue
- Primary language
- Ogbronuagum (ogu)
- 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 ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ogbronuagum 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 Ogbronuagum
- 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
55% adherents
Primary language
Ogbronuagum · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Ogbronuagum
Gospel resources in Ogbronuagum
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Ogbronuagum
- 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.
- 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.
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