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The Teso of Uganda

The Teso of Uganda, numbering approximately 3,105,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Uganda. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and Teso is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Teso

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Uganda
People Cluster: Nilotic
Primary Language(s): Teso (teo)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 3,105,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG015143
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Pray for the Teso of Uganda

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Neo-Pentecostalism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Neo-Pentecostalism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Teso
Language Family: Nilotic

85%
%
Ateso Speakers

Media Resources in Teso:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Teso:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Ateso Old Version Bible 1961✓✓✓
Bible Society of Kenya✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Teso bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Teso 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 Teso:
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 Teso of Uganda

Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
readPsalm 46:10

Pray that those who do not yet worship Jesus will be still and know that He is God, that He will be exalted among them and in all the earth.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
readPsalm 6:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will remind them that He is near and will help them place their hope in Him when others wish to do them harm.

And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
readColossians 1:20

As believers cross cultures to tell others about Jesus, praise God for allowing them to be a part of His reconciling all things to Himself, asking Him to help them remember their role in His beautiful plan of salvation for others.

Teso Across Countries (ROP3 - 109975) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TesoPG015143TesoUganda3,105,000Engaged yet UnreachedTesoNeo-Pentecostalism
TesoPG014867TesoKenya487,000No Longer UnreachedTesoRoman Catholicism

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