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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ganda of Kenya

The Ganda of Kenya, numbering approximately 47,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Bantu-speaking ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Lake Victoria region of Uganda. They mostly adhere to African Traditional Religion and Ganda is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Kenya
People Cluster: Bantu, Makua-Yao
Primary Language(s): Ganda (lug)
Primary Religion(s): African Traditional Religion
Population: 47,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014787
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: African Traditional Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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African Traditional Relig… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ganda
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

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Ganda Speakers

Media Resources in Ganda:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Ganda:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2003 Bible Society of Uganda✓✓
Luganda Contemporary Bible (Bayibuli Entukuvu)✓

2 entries

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Or check out the Ganda bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), 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

Next steps for the Ganda:
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Pray specifically for the Ganda of Kenya

The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever!
readPsalm 22:26

Pray that the lost will feel a deep hunger for God, be drawn to Him in their affliction, and find lasting satisfaction and salvation in Him alone.

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
readRomans 2:4

Pray that, in God's kindness and according to His nature, He will lead many to repentance.

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
readActs 4:31

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be filled with the Holy Spirit and speak God's Word with boldness, sharing the love of Jesus with those around them.

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
readRomans 10:15

Pray that God will call many believers who will obediently go and share the gospel with those who desperately need it.

Baganda Across Countries (ROP3 - 112045) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
BagandaPG047477BagandaCanada6,200No Longer UnreachedGandaRoman Catholicism
GandaPG015080GandaUganda10,390,000Engaged yet UnreachedGandaProtestantism
BagandaPG047173BagandaUnited States8,700Unengaged and UnreachedGandaRoman Catholicism
GandaPG014927GandaTanzania72,500Unengaged and UnreachedGandaAfrican Traditional Religion
GandaPG014787GandaKenya47,500Unengaged and UnreachedGandaAfrican Traditional Religion

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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