People group profile · PG014787
The Ganda of Kenya
The Ganda of Kenya, numbering about 47,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Bantu-speaking ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Lake Victoria region of Uganda.
They are a diaspora people in the Bantu, Makua-Yao people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is African Traditional Religion, and they primarily speak Ganda.
Fast facts
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 47,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Makua-Yao
- Primary language
- Ganda (lug)
- Primary religion
- African Traditional Religion
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ganda are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Ganda
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
African Traditional Religion · Ethnoreligion
Primary language
Ganda · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Ganda
Gospel resources in Ganda
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 2003 Bible Society of Uganda · video, audio
- Luganda Contemporary Bible (Bayibuli Entukuvu) · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ganda
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
Baganda in other countries
The same people (ROP3 112045) is reported in 4 other countries.
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