People group profile · PG014984
The Manda of Tanzania
The Manda of Tanzania, numbering about 71,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Tanzania, Iringa region, Ludewa District; Ruvuma region, Mbinga District; east shore of Lake Nyasa.
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 Manda (Tanzania).
Fast facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Population
- 71,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Central-Tanzania
- Primary language
- Manda (Tanzania) (mgs)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Njombe region: Ludewa district; Ruvuma region: Mbinga district; east shore of Lake Nyasa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Manda are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. 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 Manda
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
79% adherents
Primary language
Manda (Tanzania) · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Manda (Tanzania)
Gospel resources in Manda (Tanzania)
- Bible available, published 1937
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Manda)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Manda
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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