Partners
Prayer Partners:
Current partners 11
Needed partners 0
Total Opportunity:
Funded $108,532
Commitments $0
Needed $0
Demographics
- Location:
- Nigeria
- Speakers:
- 100,000
- Start Year:
- 1996
- End Year:
- 2010
- Project Goals:
- NT + OT portions
Reports to Investors
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Ninzo NT | Ninzo
About 100,000 Ninzo people live in a hilly region of central Nigeria. Most make their living as farmers, tending their crops of guinea corn, yams and maize primarily by hand. They are a hospitable people, and some are expert weavers of grasses and reeds. About 35 percent of the Ninzo people consider themselves Christians, but because they do not have the Scriptures in a language they really understand, very few people actually follow Biblical principles in their daily lives.
The Ninzo people’s traditional ruler practices a major world religion. However, he challenged Ninzo Christians to start a Bible translation and literacy project! So far, the translation team has drafted the entire New Testament and the book of Jonah. The books are in various stages of checking and revision in preparation for publication. The team will continue working with outside consultants and with Ninzo speakers to verify the accuracy and understandability of the text.
News from the Field
- Oct02
Ninzo of Nigeria
The Ninzo people live in a hilly region of central Nigeria. Missionaries from South Africa brought the gospel to the Ninzo people in the 1920s, and today, about 35 percent of the people consider themselves Christians. - Apr28
Ninzo of Nigeria
About 100,000 Ninzo people live in a hilly region of central Nigeria. Missionaries from South Africa brought the gospel to the Ninzo people in the 1920s, and today, about 35 percent of the people consider themselves Christians. About ten percent of the people adhere to another major religion, and the rest have no strongly stated religious identification at all, though many seem to practice various elements of traditional animistic religion.