People group profile · PG014691
The Southern Ngbandi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Southern Ngbandi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, numbering about 323,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Sudanic origins that is indigenous to Democratic Republic of the Congo.
They are an indigenous people in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Southern Ngbandi.
Fast facts
- Country
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Population
- 323,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Adamawa-Ubangi
- Primary language
- Southern Ngbandi (nbw)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- 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
- Also known as
- Ngbandi-Ngiri, Ngiri
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Location
- Sud-Ubangi province: Budjala, Kungu, and Libenge territories
Where they live
Gospel status
The Southern Ngbandi 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 Southern Ngbandi
- 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
60% adherents
Primary language
Southern Ngbandi · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Southern Ngbandi
Gospel resources in Southern Ngbandi
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Ngbandi-Ngiri)
Bibles
- ACTOBA-SUBO · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Southern Ngbandi
- 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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