People group profile · PG015425
The Tswa of Mozambique
The Tswa of Mozambique, numbering about 1,870,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a southeastern Bantu ethnolinguistic group indigenous to southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
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 Tswa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mozambique
- Population
- 1,870,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Central-Southeast
- Primary language
- Tswa (tsc)
- 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
- Location
- Gaza province: border area; Inhambane province: south of Save river
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tswa 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 Tswa
- 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
60% adherents
Primary language
Tswa · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Tswa
Gospel resources in Tswa
- Bible available, published 1985
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1972 Bible Society of Mozambique · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tswa
- 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.
- 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.
Tswa in other countries
The same people (ROP3 110224) is reported in 2 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tswa | Zimbabwe | 199,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Tswa | South Africa | 31,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
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