People group profile · PG015451
The Kwangali of Namibia
The Kwangali of Namibia, numbering about 115,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are one of five kingdoms of the Kavango people along the Kavango River borderlands with Angola, whose Rukwangali tongue serves as the region's lingua franca since ancestors first settled the area around the 1600s.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Central-Southwest people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Kwangali.
Fast facts
- Country
- Namibia
- Population
- 115,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Central-Southwest
- Primary language
- Kwangali (kwn)
- 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 Kwangali 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 Kwangali
- 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
Kwangali · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Kwangali
Gospel resources in Kwangali
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kwangali)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kwangali
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
Kwangali in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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