Makonde in Tanzania

photo of woman by Ton Rulkens, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
  • POPULATION: 2,119,000
  • LANGUAGE: Makonde
  • RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND: Islam
  • PROGRESS: 6% evangelical on coast. GT is focusing inland, where less than 1% is evangelical.
  • BIBLE TRANSLATION: New Testament

The Makonde are the largest Muslim people group in Tanzania, with their homeland spanning the border of Tanzania and Mozambique. Gospel progress among this group has been almost entirely restricted to the coastal areas while GT field partners are taking the Gospel inland to Makonde villages.

Pray for open doors for the ministry, for provision for training, for more laborers, and for business platforms. We have started raising funds for a big well that will harvest rain water, which can be sold during the dry season.

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map showing location of Makonde people in Mozambique and Tanzania