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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Rundi of Rwanda

The Rundi of Rwanda, numbering approximately 722,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a diaspora community of Rundi-speaking Hutus in Rwanda They are an Diaspora people, with Hutu (Rundi) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Bantu, Central-Lakes people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism. They primarily speak Rundi.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Rwanda
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Lakes
Primary Language(s): Rundi (run)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 722,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG014885
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

68%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Rundi
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Rundi Speakers

Media Resources in Rundi:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Rundi:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2007 Bible Society of Burundi✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Rundi bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Rundi are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Rundi:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Rundi of Rwanda

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or?rulers?or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
readColossians 1:16

Pray for those who are lost among them, that they will come to know the One who created all things and holds all things together.

If I ascend to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
readPsalm 139:8

Pray that the lost will recognize God's presence with them wherever they go, put their faith in Christ, and seek to live in a way that honors and glorifies Him.

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
readRomans 10:13

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and sometimes have doubts, God will help them remember and trust the power of Jesus to save them from their sins.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Hutu Across Countries (ROP3 - 103926) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
RundiPG014468RundiBurundi14,200,000Engaged yet UnreachedRundiRoman Catholicism
RundiPG014885RundiRwanda722,000Engaged yet UnreachedRundiRoman Catholicism
RundiPG033534RundiTanzania669,000Unengaged and UnreachedRundiRoman Catholicism
RundiPG015132RundiUganda110,000Engaged yet UnreachedRundiRoman Catholicism
RundiPG014850RundiKenya60,500Engaged yet UnreachedRundiRoman Catholicism
RundiPG047446RundiCanada3,800No Longer UnreachedRundiProtestantism

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

*Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

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