• PEOPLE NAME: PLATEAU TONGA OF ZAMBIA


PEID: 47984

ROP: 108072

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Bantu, Central-South

Language: Tonga (Zambia) - (toi)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Neo-Pentecostalism

Country: Zambia

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Population: 897,000

Global Population: 897,000


PEID: 47984

ROP: 108072

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Plateau Tonga of Zambia, numbering 897,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Bantu, Central-South people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Zambia. Their primary language is Tonga (Zambia). The primary religion practiced by the Plateau Tonga is Neo-Pentecostalism, a movement characterized by manifestations in non-Pentecostal churches of what have been traditionally categorized as Pentecostal experiences, frequently combined with prosperity gospel theology.


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