• PEOPLE NAME: RWANDESE OF BURUNDI

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Lakes

Language: Kinyarwanda - (kin)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Burundi

Also found in: Canada; Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Netherlands; Rwanda; United States

Population: 214,000

Global Population: 13,539,900


PEID: 14470

ROP: 108463

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Rwandese of Burundi, numbering 214,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Bantu, Central-Lakes people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 13,539,900 in 6 countries. Their primary language is Kinyarwanda. The primary religion practiced by the Rwandese is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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