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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ngando of Congo, Democratic Republic of the

The Ngando of Congo, Democratic Republic of the, numbering approximately 643,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Democratic Republic of Congo, Equateur province: Maringa River area, north of Ikela They are an Indigenous people, with Ngando as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Bantu, Central-Congo people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism. They primarily speak Ngando (Democratic Republic of the Congo).

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Congo, Democratic Republic of the
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Congo
Primary Language(s): Ngando (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (nxd)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 643,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014679
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

80%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ngando (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Ngando (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Speakers

Media Resources in Ngando (Democratic Republic of the Congo):

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Bible Resources in Ngando (Democratic Republic of the Congo):

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), 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

Next steps for the Ngando:
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Pray specifically for the Ngando of Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
readRomans 1:22

Ask God to pour out His mercy and bring those who are walking in their own wisdom to faith in Jesus.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the gospel of God's kingdom will reach more people and that they will respond in faith, becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
readPhilippians 1:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be assured that God will complete the good work He has begun in them until the day of Christ's return.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Ngando Across Countries (ROP3 - 107242) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NgandoPG014679NgandoCongo, Democratic Republic of the643,000Unengaged and UnreachedNgando (Democratic Republic of the Congo)Roman Catholicism

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