People group profile · PG015617
The Ngoni of Zambia
The Ngoni of Zambia, numbering about 1,060,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a southern African people of Nguni ancestry who migrated north from present-day South Africa during the nineteenth century and established powerful chiefdoms in eastern Zambia, integrating with local communities.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Nguni people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Nsenga.
Fast facts
- Country
- Zambia
- Population
- 1,060,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Nguni
- Primary language
- Nsenga (nse)
- 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
- Eastern province: Petauke district; Lusaka province: Chongwe and Luangwa districts
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ngoni 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 Ngoni
- 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
Primary language
Nsenga · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Nsenga
Gospel resources in Nsenga
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Nsenga)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ngoni
- 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.
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