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People group profile · PG015196

The Ngangela of Angola

The Ngangela of Angola, numbering about 80,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Angola.

They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Central-South people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Nkangala.

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Fast facts

Country
Angola
Population
80,000
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Bantu, Central-South
Primary language
Nkangala (nkn)
Primary religion
Animism
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
Middle Africa, Africa
Location
Kuando Kubango and Moxico provinces

Where they live

Gospel status

The Ngangela 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 Ngangela

  • 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

Animism · Ethnoreligion

60% adherents

Primary language

Nkangala · Atlantic-Congo family

100% speak Nkangala

Gospel resources in Nkangala

  • Bible not available
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings not available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Ngangela

  1. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
  2. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
  3. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
  4. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.

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