Ronga of South Africa (PGID: PG015530)

The Ronga of South Africa

The Ronga of South Africa, numbering approximately 1,100 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Tswa-Ronga Bantu ethnolinguistic group indigenous to Mozambique's Maputo province. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Ronga is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: South Africa
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Southeast
Primary Language(s): Ronga (rng)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 1,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG015530

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ronga
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%

Ronga Speakers

Media Resources in Ronga:

Films:

Title	Link
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Ronga:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
Bible Society of Mozambique	✓	✓

1 entry

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Ronga 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 Ronga:

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But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Matthew 5:44-45

Pray for those who don't know Jesus to encounter believers who are kind and compassionate and that their imitation of Christ will serve as a testimony that attracts lost people to Jesus.

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:1

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many who are far from God will receive the good news of salvation with joy and have peace with God through faith in His Son Jesus Christ.

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.
Matthew 18:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be encouraged as they remember that Jesus is with them when they gather in His name.

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
Ephesians 1:13-14

Pray that God will work through believers near and far in bringing the lost to Himself, giving them what they need to do the task He has set before them, and helping them rest in Him because He has given them His Spirit.

Ronga Across Countries (ROP3 - 108410) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

CountryReligion

2 people groups

Photo	People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
	PG015413	Ronga	Mozambique	1,055,000	No Longer Unreached	Ronga	Ethnoreligion
	PG015530	Ronga	South Africa	1,100	Engaged yet Unreached	Ronga	Ethnoreligion

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