People group profile · PG015542
The Tsonga-Shangaan of South Africa
The Tsonga-Shangaan of South Africa, numbering about 2,630,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bantu ethnolinguistic group indigenous to southern Mozambique and the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces of South Africa.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Central-Southeast people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Tsonga.
Fast facts
- Country
- South Africa
- Population
- 2,630,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Central-Southeast
- Primary language
- Tsonga (tso)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- 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
- Southern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tsonga-Shangaan 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 Tsonga-Shangaan
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Tsonga · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Tsonga
Gospel resources in Tsonga
- Bible available, published 2017
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- Sociedade Bíblica de Moçambique, 2014 · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tsonga-Shangaan
- 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.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
Tsonga in other countries
The same people (ROP3 110220) is reported in 3 other countries.
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