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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ngbaka Mabo of Congo

The Ngbaka Mabo of Congo, numbering approximately 189,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Ubangian ethnolingustic group indigenous to the Congo Basin of central Africa. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Ngbaka Ma'bo is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Congo
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Ngbaka Ma'bo (nbm)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 189,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012963
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

58%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ngbaka Ma'bo
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Ngbaka Ma’bo Speakers

Media Resources in Ngbaka Ma'bo:

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Bible Resources in Ngbaka Ma'bo:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Ngbaka Mabo are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Ngbaka Mabo:
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

Pray specifically for the Ngbaka Mabo of Congo

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost among them will look to the One lifted up on the cross, believing in Him and receiving eternal life.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
readLuke 13:3

Pray that the lost will repent and believe the gospel, for without it, they will perish.

You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
readIsaiah 26:3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, the Lord will keep them in perfect peace as they trust in Him.

And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
readLuke 18:29-30

Pray that God will raise up people to go and share the gospel and help them trust His promise that anyone who has left those they treasure for the sake of the kingdom of God will receive many times more in this life and in the life to come.

Ngbaka Mabo Across Countries (ROP3 - 107253) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Ngbaka MaboPG012963Ngbaka MaboCongo189,000Engaged yet UnreachedNgbaka Ma'boProtestantism
Ngbaka MaboPG012912Ngbaka MaboCentral African Republic169,000Engaged yet UnreachedNgbaka Ma'boEthnoreligion
Ngbaka MaboPG014680Ngbaka MaboCongo, Democratic Republic of the39,500No Longer UnreachedNgbaka Ma'boRoman Catholicism

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