People group profile · PG015439
The Fwe of Namibia
The Fwe of Namibia, numbering about 16,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an early Bantu-speaking settler people of the southern Zambezi floodplain near Kalabo, predating the later Luyana/Lozi migration from the Congo basin, now concentrated in Namibia's Zambezi Region alongside related Subiya and Mbukushu communities.
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 Fwe.
Fast facts
- Country
- Namibia
- Population
- 16,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Central-South
- Primary language
- Fwe (fwe)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Fwe are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 Fwe
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Primary language
Fwe · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Fwe
Gospel resources in Fwe
- Bible available, published 2016
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Fwe)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Fwe
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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