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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Swazi of South Africa

The Swazi of South Africa, numbering approximately 1,495,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a South African Bantu ethnic group indigenous to Eswatini and South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga provinces They are an Indigenous people, with Swazi as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Bantu, Nguni people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Swati is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: South Africa
People Cluster: Bantu, Nguni
Primary Language(s): Swati (ssw)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 1,495,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG015536
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Swati
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

90%
%
Swati Speakers

Media Resources in Swati:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Swati:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Swazi 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 Swazi:
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 Swazi of South Africa

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
readRomans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
readMatthew 11:28-29

Please pray for them to lift their eyes to Jesus and find rest for their souls, lasting peace, and hope in Him.

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
readColossians 3:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
readLuke 10:3

Ask God to raise up and send humble believers who will depend on Him as they go out like lambs among wolves to share the good news with those who need to hear it.

Swazi Across Countries (ROP3 - 109648) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SwaziPG015536SwaziSouth Africa1,495,000No Longer UnreachedSwatiProtestantism
SwaziPG015559SwaziEswatini1,010,000No Longer UnreachedSwatiEthnoreligion
SwaziPG015678SwaziZimbabwe83,000No Longer UnreachedSwatiEthnoreligion
SwaziPG015421SwaziMozambique73,000No Longer UnreachedSwatiEthnoreligion
SwaziPG047227SwaziUnited States550No Longer UnreachedSwatiProtestantism

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