Mapping Churches & Tribes in Africa

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Beginning in early 2026, I have been heavily focused on mapping tribal people groups and language divisions across the 20+ countries where Gospelink facilitates indigenous missionaries to make disciples and establish Biblically-sound churches. While continuing this work in South America (for nearly 20 years!), I am now applying my investigative mapping skills to uncover the ethnolinguistic landscape of Eastern Africa. Gospelink has been engaged in many of these countries since 1998, the fruit of which… Continue reading

Mapping the Tribes of Zambia

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The African continent is extremely rich in native tribal cultures and languages. One of my projects with Gospelink has been to map the tribal divisions of Zambia. The Zambian government officially recognizes 73 distinct tribes across its 10 provinces. There are, however, other tribes present that have migrated from neighboring countries. As with other such ethnolinguistic mapping projects, this was a challenging assignment, requiring research into many data sources. Gospelink partners with indigenous pastors and… Continue reading

Mapping the Tribes of Colombia’s Pacific Region

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Ethnolinguistic Map of Indigenous Tribes in the Pacific Region of Colombia.

This region is home to many tribes speaking a wide variety of indigenous languages. Most of these tribes can trace their ancestral roots to this region since Pre-Columbian times. Today they live as unique nations (ethne) within communities dispersed widely throughout the jungles, mountains, and Pacific coastline. Their communication with the outside world often remains limited. Unfortunately, this geographical region favors both production and transportation of illicit drugs, among other criminal enterprises. Many have fallen… Continue reading

Colombia’s Unreached Tribes

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Deep within the dense jungles and vast savannah regions of Colombia are nearly a hundred different tribes, each one a unique ethnos – an ethnolinguistic nation created by God. Most have little to no knowledge of Biblical Christianity and have never heard the gospel. The majority of these tribes still maintain their indigenous native American languages so some extent, though Spanish has increasingly been adopted. They vary in population size, from tens of thousands to… Continue reading

The People Groups of Nepal

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Nepal is a country as varied ethnoliguistically as it is geographically. With an estimated population of over 30 million, it is home to hundreds of indigenous People Groups, most of whom are unreached with the gospel. I began my research into Nepal’s People Groups a decade ago as part of a larger project through Etnopedia which can be viewed at the Etnopedia Nepal page (a work in progress). As my research focus for the last… Continue reading