prayerstrategists.net · East & Southern Africa
Region 8 of 12 · most unreached first
East & Southern Africa
Nearly one in five is evangelical — the highest of any region — alongside 368 people groups still unreached.
28.9% of this region’s 1,274 people groups are unreached — 368 of them.
The world as a whole is 43.6% unreached.
690 million
People
28
Countries
1,274
People groups
368
Unreached groups
Who Professes Faith Here
19.2% evangelical. 61.9% identify as Christian adherents.
A gap of 42.7 points between those who call themselves Christian and those who are evangelical.
Pray With Others for This Region
Pray 4 110 Cities runs prayer groups covering this part of the world, and the fellowship prays together every week.
Video Testimony
One of the Ethnê regional testimony videos, recorded in 2008.
Prayer Poster

Go Deeper
- Read the testimony from this region — Reaching the Bunna People
- Joshua Project: Africa, East and Southern — country list, people groups, maps
- Unreached People of the Day
- Prayer guides and study sets in the resource library
Statistics from Joshua Project, retrieved 15 September 2026.
Keep praying
With others, every Friday
8 AM Eastern — praying for the unreached, with Keith Carey leading Joshua Project’s prayer for 24:14.
9–10 AM Eastern — Friday Fellowship, the teaching hour.
3 PM Eastern — praying for the movements among the unreached.
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Every gathering on the site.
On your own, every day
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