How do you reach communities with very low literacy? It’s a difficult practical and missiological question. Some have suggested that the Waata (also called Sanye) of the Kenyan coast (Tana River and Kilifi Counties) have such low literacy (estimated at less than 5%) that printed Bibles and materials may not be helpful and that oral … Continue reading
In the last issue of Conversation Magazine, Mary Njeri puts the spotlight on some shocking data. According to International Bulletin of Missionary Research’s most recent ‘Status of Global Mission’ report, less than 2% (somewhere around 1.8%) of the income of Christians is given to the church or para-church organisations. Of this small fraction, the way … Continue reading
Mtumishi reports: The Sakuye people, also referred to as the Oromo, dwell mainly in the northern part of Kenya along the Kenyan Ethiopian border. Christian presence is minimal. There was once a church but it has since collapsed and the members gone back to the predominant Muslim religion in the area. The Sakuye people are … Continue reading
Mtumishi reports: The Orma are a semi-nomadic people who live in the south eastern part of Kenya: Tana river and Lamu districts. They are a remnant of the once powerful Gala nation in Ethiopia. They mostly occupy Garsen, Tarasaa and Witu areas where they are mainly herders of cattle with small pockets of subsistence farming. … Continue reading
In the first of a series of posts on largely unreached people groups, Mtumishi reports on a Swahili group of 73,400 people, the Bajun of Lamu, and leads us in prayer for them. Faza Island off the Kenyan coast is the dwelling place of the Bajun people. They are the result of intermarriages between Arabs … Continue reading
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