Beja of Sudan (PGID: PG011980)

The Beja of Sudan

The Beja of Sudan, numbering approximately 3,245,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenous people of eastern Sudan, centered in the Red Sea Hills and traditionally organized in pastoral tribes whose territories extend toward Egypt and Eritrea. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Beja is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Horn of Africa Peoples
Country: Sudan
People Cluster: Beja
Primary Language(s): Beja (bej)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 3,245,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011980
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Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

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Primary Language: Beja
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

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Bedawiyet Speakers

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Bible Resources in Beja:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Beja 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.

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For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
Psalm 47:7

Pray for those who live for idols that will never satisfy their hearts, asking that someone will tell them that God is the King of all the earth so that they will turn to Him in repentance and praise.

Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!
Psalm 96:9

Pray that many who do not yet know Jesus will come to know Him and worship Him in the splendor of His holiness.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
John 10:29

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember that they can never lose their salvation

For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.
Psalm 96:4

Pray that God will raise up believers to declare His glory among the lost, so that they may know that He is great and greatly to be praised, that He is exalted above all gods.

Beja Across Countries (ROP3 - 101211) reported in the following countries:

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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3 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▲	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG033677	Beja	Eritrea	226,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Beja	Sunni Islam
PG042689	Beja	Egypt	1,265,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Beja	Sunni Islam
PG011980	Beja	Sudan	3,245,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Beja	Sunni Islam

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