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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Baganda of United States

The Baganda of United States, numbering approximately 8,700 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Bantu-speaking ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Lake Victoria region of Uganda. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Ganda is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Bantu, Makua-Yao
Primary Language(s): Ganda (lug)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 8,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047173
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

46%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ganda
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Ganda Speakers

Media Resources in Ganda:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Ganda:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2003 Bible Society of Uganda✓✓
Luganda Contemporary Bible (Bayibuli Entukuvu)✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Ganda bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Expanding Unreached People Group, (LPI: 2), 0.5% or Greater but Less than 2% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Baganda:
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Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
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Pray specifically for the Baganda of United States

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
readRomans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!
readPsalm 96:9

Pray that many who do not yet know Jesus will come to know Him and worship Him in the splendor of His holiness.

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
readLamentations 3:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and walk through trials, they will be satisfied with the Lord as their portion and will place all their hope in 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.

Baganda Across Countries (ROP3 - 112045) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BagandaPG047477BagandaCanada6,200No Longer UnreachedGandaRoman Catholicism
BagandaPG047173BagandaUnited States8,700Unengaged and UnreachedGandaRoman Catholicism
GandaPG015080GandaUganda10,390,000Engaged yet UnreachedGandaProtestantism
GandaPG014927GandaTanzania72,500Unengaged and UnreachedGandaAfrican Traditional Religion
GandaPG014787GandaKenya47,500Unengaged and UnreachedGandaAfrican Traditional Religion

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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