People group profile · PG014403
The Mada of Nigeria
The Mada of Nigeria, numbering about 225,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Nigerian people of Nasarawa State's Akwanga highlands, possibly descended from the Nok civilization and related to the Ninzo and Gbantu, settled on defensible terrain for fertile land, building an agricultural society before Christianity spread widely.
They are an indigenous people in the Benue people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Mada (Nigeria).
Fast facts
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 225,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Benue
- Primary language
- Mada (Nigeria) (mda)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- 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 Mada 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 Mada
- 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
50% adherents
Primary language
Mada (Nigeria) · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Mada (Nigeria)
Gospel resources in Mada (Nigeria)
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mada)
Bibles
- 1999 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mada
- 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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