People group profile · PG014567
The Hunganna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Hunganna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, numbering about 850 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Central-South people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Hungana.
Fast facts
- Country
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Population
- 850
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Central-South
- Primary language
- Hungana (hum)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Hunganna are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Hunganna
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
96% adherents
Primary language
Hungana · Atlantic-Congo family
53% speak Hungana
Gospel resources in Hungana
- Bible available, published 1935
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Hungana)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Hunganna
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- 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.
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