People group profile · PG015182
The Lunda of Angola
The Lunda of Angola, numbering about 401,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Bantu people whose Lunda Empire, founded in the 1500s after a Luba prince married Lueji A'Nkonde, traded ivory and slaves with Arabs and Portuguese until Chokwe incursions eroded it, its heartland partitioned among Angola, Congo, and Zambia in 1884.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Central-South people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Lunda.
Fast facts
- Country
- Angola
- Population
- 401,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Central-South
- Primary language
- Lunda (lun)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Lunda 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 Lunda
- 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
Lunda · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Lunda
Gospel resources in Lunda
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Lunda)
Bibles
- 2003 Bible Society of Zambia · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Lunda
- 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.
Lunda in other countries
The same people (ROP3 105926) is reported in 2 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Lunda | Zambia | 366,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Lunda | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 265,000 | No Longer Unreached |
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