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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Comorian Maori of Mayotte

The Comorian Maori of Mayotte, numbering approximately 216,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Comorian islands of Mayotte and can also be known as Mahoran, Mahorais, Wamaore, Mmaore. They are an Indigenous people, in the Bantu, Swahili people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Islam - Sunni. They primarily speak Comorian, Maore.

Comorians in Canada photo
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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-saharan Africa Peoples
Country: Mayotte
People Cluster: Bantu, Swahili
Primary Language(s): Comorian, Maore (swb)
Primary Religion(s): Islam - Sunni
Population: 216,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042178

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Islam - Sunni
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Islam - Sunni Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Comorian, Maore
Language Family: Niger-Congo

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Comorian, Maore Speakers

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Next steps for the Comorian Maori

The Comorian Maori are Unengaged and Unreached, 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.

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Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Next steps for the Comorian Maori

The Comorian Maori 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.

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

Next steps for the Comorian Maori

The Comorian Maori 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.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Comorian Maori of Mayotte

Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!
readPsalm 30:10

Pray that people in the depths of despair and suffering and living outside of relationship with Christ will cry out to the Lord and find help, peace, and joy in Him.

Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
readGenesis 2:7

Pray that Christians will be able to share the hope of Christ with suffering people and that He will breathe new life into their souls.

And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him and have assurance that He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

Mahoran reported in the following countries (ROP3):

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