People group profile · PG014105
The Shani of Nigeria
The Shani of Nigeria, numbering about 800 people, are Unengaged and 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 Animism, and they primarily speak Hausa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 800
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Benue
- Primary language
- Hausa (hau)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Shani are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Shani
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
60% adherents
Primary language
Hausa · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Hausa
Gospel resources in Hausa
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Hausa)
- Magdalena (Hausa)
- The Savior (Hausa)
Bibles
- 1979 Bible Society of Nigeria · audio
- Common Language Version (FCBH Audio) · video, audio
- Littafi Mai Tsarki · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Shani
- 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.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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