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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Sena of Malawi

The Sena of Malawi, numbering approximately 621,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Malawi. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Malawi Sena is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Malawi
People Cluster: Bantu, Chewa-Sena
Primary Language(s): Malawi Sena (swk)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 621,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG015339
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

96%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Malawi Sena
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Sena, Malawi Speakers

Media Resources in Malawi Sena:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Malawi Sena:

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

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Malawi Sena bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Sena 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 Sena:
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 Sena of Malawi

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the message of hope will reach those who are wandering in darkness, offering them a path to eternal life.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.”
readGenesis 15:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God to keep His promises.

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.

Sena, Malawi Across Countries (ROP3 - 108832) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
SenaPG015339SenaMalawi621,000No Longer UnreachedMalawi SenaEthnoreligion

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