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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Lumbu of Congo

The Lumbu of Congo, numbering approximately 6,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are Bantu-speaking descendants of the coastal Loango Kingdom who once traded salt, ivory, and beeswax with Portuguese merchants, organized around village clans with ancestor veneration and judiciary initiation societies like the mukudji. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Lumbu is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Lumbu

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Congo
People Cluster: Bantu, Northwest
Primary Language(s): Lumbu (lup)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 6,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012983
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lumbu
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
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Lumbu Speakers

Media Resources in Lumbu:

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Bible Resources in Lumbu:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Lumbu are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Lumbu:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Lumbu of Congo

Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
readJerremiah 32:17

Pray that the God who made the heavens and the earth by the power of His outstretched arm, the One who is able to save those who are lost, will show His great love and mercy to those who are walking in darkness.

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:26-27

Pray that the lost will seek God and find Him, for He is not far from each one of us. Pray that they will have opportunities to access the gospel, learn God's purpose for their lives, and believe in Him.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
readPsalm 23:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's presence, even in the darkest valleys.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
readActs 1:8

Pray that God will raise up believers who are willing to cross cultures and boldly share the good news of Jesus with the lost in this people group and from every nation.

Lumbu Across Countries (ROP3 - 105924) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
LumbuPG013192LumbuGabon40,000Engaged yet UnreachedLumbuProtestantism
LumbuPG012983LumbuCongo6,300No Longer UnreachedLumbuProtestantism

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