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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Comorian Mwali of Comoros

The Comorian Mwali of Comoros, numbering approximately 41,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Comorian island of Moheli They are an Indigenous people, with Comorian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Bantu, Swahili people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Mwali Comorian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Comoros
People Cluster: Bantu, Swahili
Primary Language(s): Mwali Comorian (wlc)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 41,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042176
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

50%
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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mwali Comorian
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
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Comorian, Mwali Speakers

Media Resources in Mwali Comorian:

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Bible Resources in Mwali Comorian:

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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): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% 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 Comorian Mwali:
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Pray specifically for the Comorian Mwali of Comoros

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
readMark 10:14b

Praise Jesus for the way He loves children, asking that many will learn the truth about Him and come to Him unhindered.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
readJohn 10:27

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hear God's voice and will have the great assurance that no one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.

And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
readMark 1:17-18

Pray that God will raise up believers from this place and/or other cultures nearby to proclaim the gospel to those who desperately need to encounter it.

Comorian, Mwali Across Countries (ROP3 - 115067) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Comorian MwaliPG042176Comorian MwaliComoros41,000Unengaged and UnreachedMwali ComorianSunni Islam

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