Lozi of Namibia (PGID: PG015449)

The Lozi of Namibia

The Lozi of Namibia, numbering approximately 39,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a southern African ethnic group indigenous to the Western Province of Zambia and adjacent border areas of Botswana and Zimbabwe. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Lozi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Namibia
People Cluster: Bantu, Sotho-Tswana
Primary Language(s): Lozi (loz)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 39,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG015449
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lozi
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

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Lozi Speakers

Media Resources in Lozi:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Lozi:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
1951 Bible Society of Zambia	✓	✓

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Lozi 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 Lozi:

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Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting

Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

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And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
John 3:19

Pray that God will have mercy on those who love the darkness they are walking in and turn from their sin to faith in Christ.

Moses said, "Please show me your glory." And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
Exodus 33:18-19

Pray that many will come to know the glory of God, which is revealed in Jesus Christ, and that they will rejoice in the mercy He offers them.

Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
Psalm 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and still struggle with the worries of this life, God will deliver them from worry for the sake of His steadfast love.

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessing.
1 Corinthians 9:23

Ask God to give believers a deep desire to share the gospel with those who don't know the truth about God's redemption plan, and to provide them with opportunities to do so cross-culturally.

Lozi Across Countries (ROP3 - 105890) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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5 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG015593	Lozi	Zambia	1,140,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Lozi	Protestantism
PG015662	Lozi	Zimbabwe	187,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Lozi	Ethnoreligion
PG015449	Lozi	Namibia	39,500	No Longer Unreached	Lozi	Ethnoreligion
PG015242	Lozi	Botswana	24,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Lozi	Ethnoreligion
PG015178	Lozi	Angola	12,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Lozi	Ethnoreligion

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