People group profile · PG048477
The Makhuwa-Mwaja of Mozambique
The Makhuwa-Mwaja of Mozambique, numbering about 77,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a people of Mozambique.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Makua-Yao people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Makhuwa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Mozambique
- Population
- 77,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Makua-Yao
- Primary language
- Makhuwa (vmw)
- 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
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Nampula province: south of Meetto area; Cabo Delgado, Niassa, and Zambezia provinces: border areas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Makhuwa-Mwaja 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 Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Makhuwa-Mwaja
- 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
70% adherents
Primary language
Makhuwa · Atlantic-Congo family
98% speak Makhuwa
Gospel resources in Makhuwa
- Bible available, published 2000
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- BSM Edition · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Makhuwa-Mwaja
- 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.
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