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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kikuyu of Kenya

The Kikuyu of Kenya, numbering approximately 9,505,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bantu ethnic group indigenous to Central Kenya. They mostly adhere to African Traditional Religion and Kikuyu is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Kenya
People Cluster: Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba
Primary Language(s): Kikuyu (kik)
Primary Religion(s): African Traditional Religion
Population: 9,505,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014805
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Pray for the Kikuyu of Kenya

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: African Traditional Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

50%
%
African Traditional Relig… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kikuyu
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

50%
%
Gikuyu Speakers

Media Resources in Kikuyu:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Kikuyu:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1965 Bible Society of Kenya✓✓
Bible Society of Kenya✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Kikuyu bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kikuyu 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 Kikuyu:
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 Kikuyu of Kenya

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or?rulers?or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
readColossians 1:16

Pray for those who are lost among them, that they will come to know the One who created all things and holds all things together.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
readPsalm 57:10

Pray that God will work, even in the hearts of hard-to-reach people, and that they will rejoice in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
readHebrews 10:36

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will patiently endure suffering and hardships and do God's will so that they may receive what He has promised.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
readPsalm 139:14

Praise God for His creativity and power, and pray that He will raise up men and women from among them who are in awe of all He has done and want to go share the hope of Christ with others.

Kikuyu Across Countries (ROP3 - 104997) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KikuyuPG014805KikuyuKenya9,505,000No Longer UnreachedKikuyuAfrican Traditional Religion
KikuyuPG014959KikuyuTanzania50,000Engaged yet UnreachedKikuyuNeo-Pentecostalism
KikuyuPG015094KikuyuUganda111,000Engaged yet UnreachedKikuyuNeo-Pentecostalism
KikuyuPG050382KikuyuUnited States550No Longer UnreachedKikuyuNeo-Pentecostalism

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