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The Haya of Tanzania

The Haya of Tanzania, numbering approximately 3,010,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bantu people of northwestern Tanzania between the Kagera River and Lake Victoria, traditionally organized into patrilineal clans and several small kingdoms. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Haya is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Tanzania
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Lakes
Primary Language(s): Haya (hay)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 3,010,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG014938
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Pray for the Haya of Tanzania

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

70%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Haya
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

90%
%
Haya Speakers

Media Resources in Haya:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Haya:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2001 Bible Society of Tanzania✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Haya bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Haya 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 Haya:
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 Haya of Tanzania

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
readMatthew 5:16

Pray that those who are deceived about what brings peace will not settle for any lies they’ve heard about God and will diligently seek Him and be satisfied when they learn the truth about who He is and what He’s done.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia."
readRomans 16:5

Pray for houses to be meeting places for Christians and that God will advance the gospel and grow His Church through natural familial and community relationships.

In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
readJohn 14:2-3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will persevere in hope, remembering that Jesus went to prepare a place for them to be with Him for eternity!

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

Haya Across Countries (ROP3 - 103741) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HayaPG014938HayaTanzania3,010,000No Longer UnreachedHayaRoman Catholicism
HayaPG015085HayaUganda114,000Engaged yet UnreachedHayaRoman Catholicism

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