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Pemba Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quaker) began in 1897. As of 1995 there were threecongregations and 200 members; 400 people were affiliated with the church.Tanganyika Mennonite Church began in 1934. As of 2000 there were 340 congregations and43,000 members; 95,000 people were affiliated with the church.Source: World Christian Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, 2nd ed. ISBN: 0195103181Source: http://www.operationworld.org/country/tanz/owtext.html14900Arab (49,684 in 2009)People GroupsThe predominant religion among the Arabs in <strong>Tanzania</strong> is Islam. Less than 2% of the Arabs in<strong>Tanzania</strong> are evangelical Christian. The Bible is available in the Swahili language, as are theJesus film, Gospel recordings, and radio broadcasts.Source: http://www.imb.org/globalresearch/downloads.aspSource: http://www.peoplegroups.org/Detail.aspx?PID=1490014910Bemba (47,541 in 2009)The Bemba people live in the Mbozi district of the Mbeya region. Some of the Bemba peoplepractice their traditional religion. 7.5% of the Bemba people are evangelical Christian. TheBible has been translated into Bemba. The Jesus film, Gospel recordings, and radio broadcastsare available in their language, too.Source: http://www.imb.org/globalresearch/downloads.aspSource: http://www.peoplegroups.org/Detail.aspx?PID=14910Source: http://www.tanzania.go.tz/census/census/mbeya.htmSource: http://www.worldmap.org/countryG.php?rog3=TZSource: http://globalrecordings.net/langcode/bemSource: http://joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rog3=TZ&rop3=10124333544Bembe (435,181 in 2009)The Bembe people live in the Kigoma Vijinini district of the Kigoma region and on the shores ofLake Tanganyika. Some of the Bembe people practice their traditional religion. The Bible hasbeen translated into their language, and there are Gospel recordings available, also. However, theJesus film and radio broadcasts are not available.Source: http://www.imb.org/globalresearch/downloads.aspSource: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bmbSource: http://www.peoplegroups.org/Detail.aspx?PID=3354414911

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