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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kaonde of Zambia

The Kaonde of Zambia, numbering approximately 501,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Zambia. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Kaonde is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Zambia
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-South
Primary Language(s): Kaonde (kqn)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 501,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG015582
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Pray for the Kaonde of Zambia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kaonde
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

80%
%
Kaonde Speakers

Media Resources in Kaonde:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Kaonde:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1975 Bible Society of Zambia✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Kaonde bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kaonde 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 Kaonde:
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 Kaonde of Zambia

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
readRomans 5:7-8

Pray for the many who don't yet understand the hope of the gospel, and pray that God will reveal to them that while they were in darkness, Christ died for them.

The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.
readMatthew 4:16

Pray that those who dwell in darkness and live in the land of the shadow of death may be drawn out of darkness into His marvelous light.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
readJames 1:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will ask God for wisdom when they lack it, trusting that He will generously give it to them.

And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation, but as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."
readRomans 15:20-21

Pray that God will send believers to cross cultures and proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that the nations might glorify God for His mercy.

Kaonde Across Countries (ROP3 - 104608) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KaondePG015582KaondeZambia501,000No Longer UnreachedKaondeEthnoreligion
KaondePG014580KaondeCongo, Democratic Republic of the93,500Engaged yet UnreachedKaondeRoman Catholicism

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