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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Bokoruge of Chad

The Bokoruge of Chad, numbering approximately 98,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenous Daju people centered in the Dar Sila region around Goz Beida in eastern Chad, whose farming communities extend across the nearby border into Sudan. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Dar Sila Daju is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Bokoruge

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Ouaddai-Fur
Primary Language(s): Dar Sila Daju (dau)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 98,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011336
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dar Sila Daju
Language Family: Dajuic

100%
%
Daju, Dar Sila Speakers

Media Resources in Dar Sila Daju:

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Bible Resources in Dar Sila Daju:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bokoruge are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Bokoruge:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Bokoruge of Chad

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, ‘Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.’ In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.
readJob 1:20-22

Pray that those who mourn will worship God in the midst of their suffering and loss, recognizing He is the source of all good things and that He is worthy of their praise and trust.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
readGalatians 3:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be united in Christ across all differences of ethnicity, social status, and gender.

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ...that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
readColossians 4:3-4

Ask God to open doors for believers to share the gospel and help them communicate it clearly so that more people will understand the mystery of Christ and turn to follow Him.

Daju, Bokoruge Across Countries (ROP3 - 101553) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BokorugePG011336BokorugeChad98,000Engaged yet UnreachedDar Sila DajuEthnoreligion
BokorugePG042811BokorugeSudan7,600Unengaged and UnreachedDar Sila DajuEthnoreligion

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