People group profile · PG014929
The Goroa of Tanzania
The Goroa of Tanzania, numbering about 186,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a South Cushitic people, also called Fyomi, who settled Tanzania's Manyara and Dodoma regions roughly 250-300 years ago, comprising 30-35 percent of Babati District's population, whose language indirectly named Babati via a German official's mishearing.
They are an indigenous people in the Rift people cluster of the Horn of Africa Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Gorowa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Population
- 186,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Rift
- Primary language
- Gorowa (gow)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- Location
- Dodoma region: Kondoa district, near Babati, Mount Ufiome area; Manyara region: Mbulu district
Where they live
Gospel status
The Goroa 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Goroa
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
62% adherents
Primary language
Gorowa · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Gorowa
Gospel resources in Gorowa
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Goroa
- 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.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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