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The Kikuyu of Kenya

The Kikuyu of Kenya, numbering approximately 9,510,000 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.

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

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: 9,510,000
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:
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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 it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!
readPsalm 96:3

Pray for people to hear and believe the good news of Jesus and joyfully share it with their family and friends.

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
readIsaiah 53:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will find comfort and spiritual healing as they remember the wounds of Christ, who understands their suffering because He also walked through suffering on their behalf.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
readRomans 1:16

Pray that God will raise up sons and daughters who, like Paul, will be bold to share the gospel across cultural barriers so that many might receive salvation.

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

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KikuyuPG014805KikuyuKenya9,510,000No Longer UnreachedKikuyuAfrican Traditional Religion
KikuyuPG015094KikuyuUganda111,000Engaged yet UnreachedKikuyuNeo-Pentecostalism
KikuyuPG014959KikuyuTanzania50,000Engaged yet UnreachedKikuyuNeo-Pentecostalism
KikuyuPG050382KikuyuUnited States550No Longer UnreachedKikuyuNeo-Pentecostalism

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