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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kango-Dibatchwa of Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Kango-Dibatchwa of Democratic Republic of the Congo, numbering approximately 7,300 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a pygmy people in Democratic Republic of the Congo and can also be known as Kibatchwa; Dibatchwa; Bakango, Bakango, Dibatchwa, Kibatchwa. They are an Indigenous people, in the Bantu, Central-Congo people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion - Animism. They primarily speak Kango (DRC, Tshopo district).

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-saharan Africa Peoples
Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Congo
Primary Language(s): Kango (DRC, Tshopo district) (kzy)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion - Animism
Population: 7,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG033484

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion - Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kango (DRC, Tshopo district)
Language Family: Niger-Congo

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Kango (DRC, Tshopo district) Speakers

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Next steps for the Kango-Dibatchwa

The Kango-Dibatchwa are Unengaged and Unreached, 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.

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Next steps for the Kango-Dibatchwa

The Kango-Dibatchwa 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.

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Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the Kango-Dibatchwa

The Kango-Dibatchwa 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.

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

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The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
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Pray that those who don't know Jesus will be freed from the emptiness of fading hopes and find lasting life and truth in the unchanging Word of God.

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
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Pray that, in God's kindness and according to His nature, He will lead many to repentance.

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
read2 Corinthians 12:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their weaknesses, hardships, and difficulties, having hope because Christ's power is made perfect in their weakness.

And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
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As believers cross cultures to tell others about Jesus, praise God for allowing them to be a part of His reconciling all things to Himself, asking Him to help them remember their role in His beautiful plan of salvation for others.

Kango (Dibatchwa) reported in the following countries (ROP3):

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