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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:
TitleLink
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

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
readLuke 12:7

Pray that those who don't yet know how to trust in Jesus will not be consumed by worry and anxiety, but will trust in the Father's care and provision for their daily needs and for their eternal salvation

I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
readPsalm 34:4

Pray for each who becomes a child of God to share the hope of eternity with family and friends.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
readGenesis 50:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will forgive those who do them harm and trust God as they walk in His ways.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
read1 Corinthians 15:10–11

Pray that God's people will preach the message of Jesus' death and resurrection and that it will spread among the lost through the selfless witness of believers.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
HayaPG015085HayaUganda114,000Engaged yet UnreachedHayaRoman Catholicism
HayaPG014938HayaTanzania3,010,000No Longer UnreachedHayaRoman Catholicism

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