People group profile · PG047477
The Baganda of Canada
The Baganda of Canada, numbering about 6,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bantu-speaking ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Lake Victoria region of Uganda.
They are a diaspora people in the Bantu, Makua-Yao people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Ganda.
Fast facts
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 6,200
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Makua-Yao
- Primary language
- Ganda (lug)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- 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
- Northern America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Baganda 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Baganda
- 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
63% adherents
Primary language
Ganda · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Ganda
Gospel resources in Ganda
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 2003 Bible Society of Uganda · video, audio
- Luganda Contemporary Bible (Bayibuli Entukuvu) · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Baganda
- 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.
Baganda in other countries
The same people (ROP3 112045) is reported in 4 other countries.
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