The Kaka of Central African Republic

The Kaka of Central African Republic, numbering approximately 19,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a small Bantu population in the Central African Republic near Berberati and Gaza on the Cameroon border, the historic starting point from which the wider Kako-speaking Bantu migration spread west in the mid-1800s. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Kako is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Central African Republic
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Congo
Primary Language(s): Kako (kkj)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 19,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012876
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kako
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Kako Speakers

Media Resources in Kako:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Kako:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Or check out the Kako bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kaka 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 Kaka:
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Pray specifically for the Kaka of Central African Republic

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that those who haven't heard will hear the Word of Christ and believe in Him, calling upon the name of the Lord to be saved.

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
read1 Timothy 2:5-6

Pray for the truth about Jesus Christ to spread among the lost so that many will accept His ransom for their sin and experience freedom in a relationship with Him.

Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
readPsalm 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and still struggle with the worries of this life, God will deliver them from worry for the sake of His steadfast love.

Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"
readIsaiah 40:9

Pray for God to send and sustain believers to go and herald the good news to the lost here.

Kaka Across Countries (ROP3 - 104439) reported in the following countries:

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