People group profile · PG014805
The Kikuyu of Kenya
The Kikuyu of Kenya, numbering about 9,495,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bantu ethnic group indigenous to Central Kenya.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is African Traditional Religion, and they primarily speak Kikuyu.
Fast facts
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 9,495,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba
- Primary language
- Kikuyu (kik)
- Primary religion
- African Traditional Religion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Kiambu, Kirinyaga, Meru, Murang’a, and Nyeri counties; Nakuru county: Lake Naivasha area; Nairobi
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kikuyu 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 Dispersed Church Planting
Next steps for the Kikuyu
- 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
African Traditional Religion · Ethnoreligion
50% adherents
Primary language
Kikuyu · Atlantic-Congo family
50% speak Kikuyu
Gospel resources in Kikuyu
- Bible available, published 2013
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kikuyu)
Bibles
- 1965 Bible Society of Kenya · video, audio
- Bible Society of Kenya · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kikuyu
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
Kikuyu in other countries
The same people (ROP3 104997) is reported in 3 other countries.
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