People group profile · PG047053
The Chikunda of Mozambique
The Chikunda of Mozambique, numbering about 86,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Zambezi valley people whose identity formed from slave-warriors elevated to soldier and trader roles on Portuguese prazo estates, founding trading states across Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe after the prazo system collapsed.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Chewa-Sena people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Kunda.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mozambique
- Population
- 86,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Chewa-Sena
- Primary language
- Kunda (kdn)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Tete province: Luangwe and Zambezi rivers’ confluence area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Chikunda 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 Chikunda
- 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
95% adherents
Primary language
Kunda · Atlantic-Congo family
95% speak Kunda
Gospel resources in Kunda
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Chikunda)
Bibles
- 2007 Bible Society of Zimbabwe · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Chikunda
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
Chikunda in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
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