• PEOPLE NAME: SABAOT OF KENYA

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By Gary Glahn

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PEID: 14851

ROP: 108488

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Nilotic

Language: Sabaot - (spy)

Alternate Name(s): Mt. Elgon Maasai

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Kenya

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Population: 344,000

Global Population: 344,000


PEID: 14851

ROP: 108488

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Sabaot of Kenya, numbering 344,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Nilotic people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Kenya. Their primary language is Sabaot. The primary religion practiced by the Sabaot is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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