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People group profile · PG015413

The Ronga of Mozambique

The Ronga of Mozambique, numbering about 1,050,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Tswa-Ronga Bantu ethnolinguistic group indigenous to Mozambique's Maputo province.

They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Central-Southeast people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Ronga.

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Fast facts

Country
Mozambique
Population
1,050,000
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Bantu, Central-Southeast
Primary language
Ronga (rng)
Primary religion
Ethnoreligion
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 ?
Marginally Reached People Group
Region
Eastern Africa, Africa
Location
Maputo province

Where they live

Gospel status

The Ronga 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 Ronga

  • 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

Ethnoreligion

Primary language

Ronga · Atlantic-Congo family

100% speak Ronga

Gospel resources in Ronga

  • Bible available, published 1991
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings not available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Ronga

  1. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  2. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  3. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  4. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.

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Ronga in other countries

The same people is also reported in 1 other country.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
RongaSouth Africa1,100Engaged yet Unreached

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