People group profile · PG014819
The Maasai of Kenya
The Maasai of Kenya, numbering about 1,205,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Eastern Nilotic pastoralist people who trace origins to the lower Nile Valley, migrating south past Lake Turkana from the 1400s and reaching their present Kenya-Tanzania rangelands by around 1750.
They are an indigenous people in the Nilotic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Masai.
Fast facts
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 1,205,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Nilotic
- Primary language
- Masai (mas)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- 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
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Kajiado and Narok counties; Kiambu county: enclave west of Nairobi; Laikipia county: enclave north of Nairobi; Taita-Taveta county: small border area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Maasai 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Maasai
- 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
55% adherents
Primary language
Masai · Nilotic family
100% speak Masai
Gospel resources in Masai
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- Biblia Sinyati Version · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Maasai
- 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.
Maasai in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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