People group profile · PG047665
The Maninka of the United States
The Maninka of the United States, numbering about 5,700 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Mande diaspora people of West African Maninka origin, descended from communities linked to the historic Mali Empire who maintain ties to the broader Manding cultural and linguistic tradition.
They are a diaspora people in the Malinke people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Western Maninkakan.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 5,700
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Malinke
- Primary language
- Western Maninkakan (mlq)
- 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
- Northern America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Maninka 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 Maninka
- 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
80% adherents
Primary language
Western Maninkakan · Mande family
100% speak Western Maninkakan
Gospel resources in Western Maninkakan
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Malinke, Kenieba)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Maninka
- 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.
Maninka in other countries
The same people is also reported in 3 other countries.
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