The Lozi of Zimbabwe

The Lozi of Zimbabwe, numbering approximately 186,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a southern African ethnic group indigenous to the Western Province of Zambia and adjacent border areas of Botswana and Zimbabwe They are an Indigenous people, with Lozi as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Bantu, Sotho-Tswana people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Lozi.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Zimbabwe
People Cluster: Bantu, Sotho-Tswana
Primary Language(s): Lozi (loz)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 186,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG015662
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lozi
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

50%
%
Lozi Speakers

Media Resources in Lozi:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Lozi:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1951 Bible Society of Zambia

1 entry

Or check out the Lozi bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Lozi are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Lozi:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Lozi of Zimbabwe

For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
readPsalm 47:7

Pray for those who live for idols that will never satisfy their hearts, asking that someone will tell them that God is the King of all the earth so that they will turn to Him in repentance and praise.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that the lost will seek God and learn that they have a heavenly Father who loves them and wants them to live eternally with Him.

No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God.
readRomans 4:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will not waver but will grow strong in their belief, knowing that the Lord rewards those who seek Him.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Lozi Across Countries (ROP3 - 105890) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
LoziLoziZambia1,130,000Engaged yet UnreachedLoziProtestantism
LoziLoziZimbabwe186,000Engaged yet UnreachedLoziEthnoreligion
LoziLoziNamibia39,500No Longer UnreachedLoziEthnoreligion
LoziLoziBotswana24,000Engaged yet UnreachedLoziEthnoreligion
LoziLoziAngola12,000Engaged yet UnreachedLoziEthnoreligion

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

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