People group profile · PG013025
The Yombe of the Republic of the Congo
The Yombe of the Republic of the Congo, numbering about 725,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Bantu people who migrated from the Gabon area to the Congo-Angola border in the 14th century, tracing their name to the old Mayomba Kingdom, later displaced from the Congo River banks by the expanding Kongo Kingdom.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Central-South people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Yombe.
Fast facts
- Country
- Congo
- Population
- 725,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Central-South
- Primary language
- Yombe (yom)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Yombe are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, 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.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Yombe
- 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
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Yombe · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Yombe
Gospel resources in Yombe
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kiyombe)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Yombe
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
Yombe in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yombe | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1,505,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Yombe | Angola | 97,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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