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Samburu of Kenya

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
248,000	Samburu	Ethnic Religions	30.00 %	12.00 %	Not available		3.2

Samburu of Kenya

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Text source: Pray for Kenya Brochure Introduction / History The Samburu are a Nilotic group who practice a nomadic lifestyle of herding livestock in the arid areas between Mount Kenya and Lake Turkana. A limited response to the Gospel has produced 130 local churches under 13 different denominations. Pray for the men who continue to resist the good news of Jesus. View Samburu in all countries.
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Region:

40 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

Location in Country:

Samburu District, Lake Baringo south and east shores; Rift Valley Province (Chamus), Baringo District
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Samburu

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Burkeneji

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Population in Country:

248,000

Population all Countries:

Ethnicity

People Name General:

NAB62k

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Language

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Primary Language:

(248,000 Speakers)

saq

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	30.00 %	(Evangelical: 12.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	70.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	50.00 %
Independent	10.00 %
Protestant	30.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	10.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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3.2

Level 4 Greater than or equal to 2% Evangelical

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

New Testament:

None Reported

Complete Bible:

None Reported

Ministry Resources ^[7]		Submit Link:
Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Samburu
Printed Matter	Literacy & Evangelism International

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