People group profile · PG015006
The Ngoni of Tanzania
The Ngoni of Tanzania, numbering about 493,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Tanzania.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Nguni people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Ngoni (Tanzania).
Fast facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Population
- 493,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Nguni
- Primary language
- Ngoni (Tanzania) (xnj)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet 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
- Iringa and Morogoro regions; Ruvuma region: Songea area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ngoni 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Ngoni
- 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
80% adherents
Primary language
Ngoni (Tanzania) · Atlantic-Congo family
55% speak Ngoni (Tanzania)
Gospel resources in Ngoni (Tanzania)
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Chingoni)
Bibles
- Pioneer Bible Translators · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ngoni
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- 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.
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