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The Gogo of Tanzania

The Gogo of Tanzania, numbering approximately 3,130,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bantu people of Tanzania's semi-arid Dodoma region who shifted from hunting and ivory trading with Nyamwezi caravans to settled pastoralism and farming by the 1200s-1800s, historically governed by chiefs alongside separately powerful rainmaking leaders. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Gogo is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Tanzania
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Tanzania
Primary Language(s): Gogo (gog)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 3,130,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014928
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Pray for the Gogo of Tanzania

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

60%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gogo
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Gogo Speakers

Media Resources in Gogo:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Gogo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2002 Bible Society of Tanzania✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Gogo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Gogo 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 Gogo:
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 Gogo of Tanzania

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
readRomans 1:18

Pray that God will have mercy and open the eyes of those who don't know Jesus, so that they can turn to the One who is able to save them from their sins.

Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
readMark 10:14b

Praise Jesus for the way He loves children, asking that many will learn the truth about Him and come to Him unhindered.

And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
readMatthew 28:18-20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence because Jesus has all authority and is with them as they make disciples and teach others about Him.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Gogo Across Countries (ROP3 - 103415) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GogoPG014928GogoTanzania3,130,000No Longer UnreachedGogoRoman Catholicism

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