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People group profile · PG025089

The Kumonu of Nigeria

The Kumonu of Nigeria, numbering about 3,300 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a people of Nigeria.

They are an indigenous people in the Hausa people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Hausa.

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Fast facts

Country
Nigeria
Population
3,300
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Hausa
Primary language
Hausa (hau)
Primary religion
Sunni Islam
Strategic Progress Index ?
Engaged yet Unreached
Evangelical
No Known Evangelicals
GSEC ?
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority ?
Frontier Unreached People Group
Region
Western Africa, Africa
Location
Taraba State, Yorru LGA, Kumon

Where they live

Gospel status

The Kumonu are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. 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 Kumonu

  • Continue prayer and fasting for this group
  • Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
  • Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Primary religion

Sunni Islam · Islam

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

Bibles

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

Pray for the Kumonu

  1. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  2. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  3. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  4. 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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