People group profile · PG015117
The Mangbetu of Uganda
The Mangbetu of Uganda, numbering about 110,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic indigenous to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
They are a diaspora people in the Sudanic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Mangbetu.
Fast facts
- Country
- Uganda
- Population
- 110,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Sudanic
- Primary language
- Mangbetu (mdj)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- 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
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mangbetu 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 Mangbetu
- 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
Primary language
Mangbetu · Central Sudanic family
100% speak Mangbetu
Gospel resources in Mangbetu
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mangbetu)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mangbetu
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
Mangbetu in other countries
The same people (ROP3 106251) is reported in 1 other country.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangbetu | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 2,105,000 | No Longer Unreached |
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