People group profile · PG014846
The Rabai Mijikenda of Kenya
The Rabai Mijikenda of Kenya, numbering about 144,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are one of the nine sub‑tribes of the Mijikenda, a coastal Bantu community in Kenya. The Mijikenda (“the Nine Tribes”) include the Chonyi, Kambe, Duruma, Kauma, Ribe, Rabai, Jibana, Giriama, and Digo.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, East-Coastal people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Neo-Pentecostalism, and they primarily speak Duruma.
Fast facts
- Country
- Kenya
- Population
- 144,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, East-Coastal
- Primary language
- Duruma (dug)
- Primary religion
- Neo-Pentecostalism
- 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
- they inhabit Kenya’s coastal region between the Sabaki and Umba Rivers and are primarily located in Kilifi County, including the historic settlement known as Rabai Mpya, about 12 miles northwest of Mombasa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Rabai 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 Rabai 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
Neo-Pentecostalism · Christianity
40% adherents
Primary language
Duruma · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Duruma
Gospel resources in Duruma
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Duruma)
Bibles
- 1999 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Rabai Mijikenda
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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