People group profile · PG047361
The Oji-Cree of Canada
The Oji-Cree of Canada, numbering about 13,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous First Nation community of Canada.
They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Severn Ojibwa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 13,000
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- North American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Severn Ojibwa (ojs)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 30% or Greater but Less than 40%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Also known as
- ᐊᓂᐦᔑᓂᓃᒧᐏᐣ, Anishininiimowin, Severn Ojibwa
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- Manitoba and Ontario provinces
Where they live
Gospel status
The Oji-Cree 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 Oji-Cree
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
36% adherents
Primary language
Severn Ojibwa · Algic family
84% speak Severn Ojibwa
Gospel resources in Severn Ojibwa
- Bible available, published 2017
- 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 Oji-Cree
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- 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.
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