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The Zulu of Zimbabwe

The Zulu of Zimbabwe, numbering approximately 167,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Nguni ethnolinguistic group indigenous to Southern Africa. They mostly adhere to African Traditional Religion and Zulu is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Zimbabwe
People Cluster: Bantu, Nguni
Primary Language(s): Zulu (zul)
Primary Religion(s): African Traditional Religion
Population: 167,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG015689
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Pray for the Zulu of Zimbabwe

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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:
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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 Zimbabwe

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
read1 Chronicles 16:26

Pray that those among them who are lost and seeking after worthless idols will have the opportunity to hear and respond to the good news, seeing that Jesus is better than any idol.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.
readActs 13:48-49

Pray that the gospel will spread throughout this whole region and that many will believe and embrace the gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.

And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
readActs 16:15

Pray that God will bring entire families and households to faith in Him and raise up servant-leaders from among them.

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, “We will hear you again about this.”
readActs 17:32

Ask God to give those He sends to cross cultures wisdom and discernment as they engage in spiritual conversations with those who are curious about the gospel.

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

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
ZuluPG015551ZuluSouth Africa14,430,000No Longer UnreachedZuluProtestantism
ZuluPG015285ZuluLesotho363,000No Longer UnreachedZuluProtestantism
ZuluPG015689ZuluZimbabwe167,000No Longer UnreachedZuluAfrican Traditional Religion
ZuluPG015561ZuluEswatini117,000No Longer UnreachedZuluProtestantism
ZuluPG015429ZuluMozambique73,500No Longer UnreachedZuluAfrican Traditional Religion

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

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