The Warumungu of Australia

The Warumungu of Australia, numbering approximately 750 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an Aboriginal Australian people of the central Northern Territory whose traditional country is centered on Tennant Creek and who maintain a distinct Warumungu identity, language, and connection to Country They are an Indigenous people, with Warumungu as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Aboriginal Australians people cluster of the Pacific Islander Peoples. They mostly adhere to Animism and Warumungu is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Pacific Islander Peoples
Country: Australia
People Cluster: Aboriginal Australians
Primary Language(s): Warumungu (wrm)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 750
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG008109
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

91%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Warumungu
Language Family: Pama-Nyungan

45%
%
Warumungu Speakers

Media Resources in Warumungu:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Warumungu:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Warumungu bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Warumungu 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 Warumungu:
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 Warumungu of Australia

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
readEphesians 2:8-9

Pray that the lost among them will receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, and be created for good works.

...I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
readPsalm 13:5

Ask God to bring many to trust in His unfailing love and cause their hearts to rejoice in His salvation.

Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time.
readColossians 4:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be wise in the way they walk with the lost and manage their time and other resources in a way that honors God.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns”
readIsaiah 52:7

Pray that God will provide open doors for believers who cross cultures to share the good news of salvation with those who need it. Pray that He will give them joy as they see Him move.

Warumungu Across Countries (ROP3 - 110704) reported in the following countries:

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