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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Zulu of Mozambique

The Zulu of Mozambique, numbering approximately 73,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a Nguni ethnolinguistic group indigenous to Southern Africa They are an Diaspora people, with Zulu as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Bantu, Nguni people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is African Traditional Religion. They primarily speak Zulu.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Mozambique
People Cluster: Bantu, Nguni
Primary Language(s): Zulu (zul)
Primary Religion(s): African Traditional Religion
Population: 73,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG015429
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Pray for the Zulu of Mozambique

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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: Zulu
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

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Zulu Speakers

Media Resources in Zulu:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Zulu:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
IsiZulu 1959/1997 (New Orthography)✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Zulu bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Zulu 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 Zulu:
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 Zulu of Mozambique

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
readJames 2:5

Pray for those living in despair to experience the riches of God's love and the hope of eternal life through faith in Christ.

Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
readPsalm 119:97

Pray that the lost will have access to God's Word in their language and treasure it deeply, meditating on God's promises and precepts.

This God - his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
readPsalm 18:30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have access to His Word and the ability to understand it, so that they can grow in their faith and find refuge in Him.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Zulu Across Countries (ROP3 - 111193) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
ZuluPG015285ZuluLesotho362,000No Longer UnreachedZuluProtestantism
ZuluPG015551ZuluSouth Africa14,420,000No Longer UnreachedZuluProtestantism
ZuluPG015561ZuluEswatini117,000No Longer UnreachedZuluProtestantism
ZuluPG015429ZuluMozambique73,000No Longer UnreachedZuluAfrican Traditional Religion
ZuluPG015689ZuluZimbabwe166,000No Longer UnreachedZuluAfrican Traditional Religion

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

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