The Nyangumarda of Australia

The Nyangumarda of Australia, numbering approximately 500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Pilbara and Great Sandy Desert region of northwestern Western Australia whose traditional country extends from Eighty Mile Beach inland and who maintain a distinct Nyangumarta identity. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Nyangumarta is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Australia
People Cluster: Aboriginal Australians
Primary Language(s): Nyangumarta (nna)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG008043
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

30%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nyangumarta
Language Family: Pama-Nyungan

45%
%
Nyangumarta Speakers

Media Resources in Nyangumarta:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Nyangumarta:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Nyangumarta bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Nyangumarda are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Nyangumarda:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Nyangumarda of Australia

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
readRomans 1:18

Pray that God will have mercy and open the eyes of those who don't know Jesus, so that they can turn to the One who is able to save them from their sins.

All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.
readPsalm 66:4

Pray that the good news of Jesus will advance here and that many will bow down and sing praises to His name.

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
read2 Corinthians 9:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the principle of sowing and reaping, and be generous in their giving and serving, knowing that they will reap a generous harvest.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Nyangumarda Across Countries (ROP3 - 107547) reported in the following countries:

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