People group profile · PG014969
The Kutu of Tanzania
The Kutu of Tanzania, numbering about 130,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Tanzania.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, East-Coastal people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Kutu.
Fast facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Population
- 130,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, East-Coastal
- Primary language
- Kutu (kdc)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- 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
- Morogoro region: Kilosa and Morogoro rural districts; Pwani region: west of Dar es Salaam
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kutu 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 Kutu
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
50% adherents
Primary language
Kutu · Atlantic-Congo family
40% speak Kutu
Gospel resources in Kutu
- Bible available, published 2016
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kutu)
Bibles
- PBT Edition · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kutu
- 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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