People group profile · PG015019
The Pare of Tanzania
The Pare of Tanzania, numbering about 1,020,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bantu people of Tanzania's Pare Mountains attested in the Kilimanjaro region for over 600 years, whose Vuasu and Vughonu polities merged between the late 1700s and early 1800s, and who rolled back a colonial tax through the 1940s Mbiru protest.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Central-East people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Asu (Tanzania).
Fast facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Population
- 1,020,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Central-East
- Primary language
- Asu (Tanzania) (asa)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- 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
- Kilimanjaro region: Pare mountains, Mwanga and Same districts; Manyara and Tanga regions
Where they live
Gospel status
The Pare 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 Pare
- 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
28% adherents
Primary language
Asu (Tanzania) · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Asu (Tanzania)
Gospel resources in Asu (Tanzania)
- Bible available, published 1967
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Pare
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
Pare in other countries
The same people (ROP3 107891) is reported in 1 other country.
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