People group profile · PG014927
The Ganda of Tanzania
The Ganda of Tanzania, numbering about 72,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Bantu-speaking ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Lake Victoria region of Uganda.
They are a diaspora people in the Bantu, Makua-Yao people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is African Traditional Religion, and they primarily speak Ganda.
Fast facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Population
- 72,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Makua-Yao
- Primary language
- Ganda (lug)
- Primary religion
- African Traditional Religion
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ganda are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Ganda
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
African Traditional Religion · Ethnoreligion
Primary language
Ganda · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Ganda
Gospel resources in Ganda
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 2003 Bible Society of Uganda · video, audio
- Luganda Contemporary Bible (Bayibuli Entukuvu) · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ganda
- 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.
Baganda in other countries
The same people (ROP3 112045) is reported in 4 other countries.
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