Afar of Eritrea
Afar of Ethiopia
Aweer of Kenya
Baggars of Sudan
Beja of Sudan
Betsimisaraka, North of Madagascar
Comorians
Datooga of Tanzania
Frontier Missions in Kenya
Fur of Sudan
Harari, Adere of Ethiopia
Nubian, Fedicca-Mohas in Sudan
Oromo, Hararghe of Ethiopia
Rashaida in Eritrea
Rashaida of Sudan
Rendille of Kenya
Shaikia, Arab of Sudan
Somali of East Africa
Sudanese Arabs
Swahili-all in Tanzania
Swahili, Bajuni of Kenya
Swahili, Zanzibari of Tanzania
Tigre in Eritrea
Yemeni Arab of Djibouti
Zaghawa in Sudan
UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS 867
AG CONSTITUENTS 22,605,565
AG CHURCHES 81,678
AG MINISTERS 86,887
MISSIONARIES 357
Africa is home to both rich resources and devastating need. In the midst of overwhelming crisis, the church in Africa is seeing incredible growth. God’s heart for Africa has been evident since the beginning of the Church Age. In the Book of Acts, an angel told Philip where to find the Ethiopian eunuch—a North African—who was seeking God (Acts 8:26-40). The man believed and was baptized in water, marking the beginning of Christianity on the continent. Early AG missionaries spoke of Africa as “the dark continent.” Their dedication to Christ and perception of danger motivated many of them to ship their belongings in caskets. Some paid the ultimate sacrifice, and their gravesites serve as memorials to national church fellowships today. As the work flourished, missionaries accepted indigenous church principles. To prepare trained leaders, they implemented literacy and Bible training programs and established Bible schools in the local languages. The work of the Holy Spirit gave authenticity to the message being preached. At the end of the 20th century, African church leaders initiated widespread efforts to evangelize the lost and plant churches. At that time, 2.1 million people from 28 countries worshipped each week in 11,800 churches. African church leaders called for nationwide prayer vigils and greater evangelism, both within their own nations and in neighboring countries. Unprecedented growth followed. Today the church in Africa has grown to more than 17 million believers who worship in more than 69,000 churches.
SPIRITUALLY LOST 82.5%