People group profile · PG015458
The Ngangela of Namibia
The Ngangela of Namibia, numbering about 16,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a southwestern Bantu ethnic community indigenous to Angola whose Namibia population descends largely from cross-border migration and maintains ties to the wider Ngangela peoples.
They are a diaspora people in the Bantu, Central-Southwest people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Nyemba.
Fast facts
- Country
- Namibia
- Population
- 16,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Central-Southwest
- Primary language
- Nyemba (nba)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Africa, Africa
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 10% 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
Primary language
Nyemba · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Nyemba
Gospel resources in Nyemba
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings 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
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
Ngangela in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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