People group profile · PG015388
The Makhuwa-Nahara of Mozambique
The Makhuwa-Nahara of Mozambique, numbering about 489,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a people of Mozambique.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Makua-Yao people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Makhuwa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mozambique
- Population
- 489,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Makua-Yao
- Primary language
- Makhuwa (vmw)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- 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
- Nampula province: south of Meetto area; Cabo Delgado, Niassa, and Zambezia provinces: border areas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Makhuwa-Nahara 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 Makhuwa-Nahara
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
97% adherents
Primary language
Makhuwa · Atlantic-Congo family
95% speak Makhuwa
Gospel resources in Makhuwa
- Bible available, published 2000
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- BSM Edition · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Makhuwa-Nahara
- 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.
- 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.
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