People group profile · PG050317
The Machambe of Tanzania
The Machambe of Tanzania, numbering about 780,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Chagga people of the Machame area on Mount Kilimanjaro's southern slopes in Tanzania, once an independent kingdom that was the largest and most powerful Chagga chiefdom before German colonization.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Central-East people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Machame.
Fast facts
- Country
- Tanzania
- Population
- 780,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Central-East
- Primary language
- Machame (jmc)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Arusha, Kilimanjaro, and Manyara regions: Chaga area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Machambe are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Machambe
- 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
27% adherents
Primary language
Machame · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Machame
Gospel resources in Machame
- Bible available, published 2016
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mashami-Chagga)
Bibles
- 2000 Bible Society of Tanzania · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Machambe
- 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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