People group profile · PG014775
The Chonyi Mijikenda of Kenya
The Chonyi Mijikenda of Kenya, numbering about 228,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a tribal subgroup of the Mijikenda, a large Bantu ethnic group inhabiting the coastal region of Kenya.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, East-Coastal people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Chonyi-Dzihana-Kauma.
Fast facts
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 228,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, East-Coastal
- Primary language
- Chonyi-Dzihana-Kauma (coh)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Chonyi Mijikenda are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Chonyi Mijikenda
- 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
68% adherents
Primary language
Chonyi-Dzihana-Kauma · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Chonyi-Dzihana-Kauma
Gospel resources in Chonyi-Dzihana-Kauma
- Bible available, published -
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Chonyi)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Chonyi Mijikenda
- 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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