People group profile · PG014911
The Bena of Tanzania
The Bena of Tanzania, numbering about 1,420,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Tanzania.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Central-Tanzania people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Bena (Nigeria).
Fast facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Population
- 1,420,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Central-Tanzania
- Primary language
- Bena (Nigeria) (yun)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Njombe region: Njombe district; southwest Iringa, southwest Morogoro and north Ruvuma regions
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bena are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Bena
- 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
79% adherents
Primary language
Bena (Nigeria) · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Bena (Nigeria)
Gospel resources in Bena (Nigeria)
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Yungur)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bena
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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