People group profile · PG014801
The Kamba of Kenya
The Kamba of Kenya, numbering about 5,580,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bantu ethnic group indigenous to the area of Kenya stretching from Nairobi to Tsavo and north to Embu.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Neo-Pentecostalism, and they primarily speak Kamba (Kenya).
Fast facts
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 5,580,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba
- Primary language
- Kamba (Kenya) (kam)
- Primary religion
- Neo-Pentecostalism
- 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
- Location
- Kajiado, Kitui, Machakos, and Makueni counties; Kwale county: Shimba hills and Lunga Lunga areas; Taita-Taveta county: small border area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kamba 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 Kamba
- 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
Neo-Pentecostalism · Christianity
40% adherents
Primary language
Kamba (Kenya) · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Kamba (Kenya)
Gospel resources in Kamba (Kenya)
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kikamba)
Bibles
- 1998 Bible Society of Kenya · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kamba
- 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.
Kamba in other countries
The same people (ROP3 104515) is reported in 2 other countries.
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