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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Katla of Sudan

The Katla of Sudan, numbering approximately 35,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Nuba people of the Katla Hills in Sudan's South Kordofan, one of some fifty distinct ethnic groups sheltered in the Nuba Mountains, speaking the namesake language of the small Katla-Tima family They are an Indigenous people, with Katla as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Nuba Mountains people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Katla is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Sudan
People Cluster: Nuba Mountains
Primary Language(s): Katla (kcr)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 35,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012063
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

97%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Katla
Language Family: Katla-Tima

59%
%
Katla Speakers

Media Resources in Katla:

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Bible Resources in Katla:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Katla 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 Katla:
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 Katla of Sudan

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,' and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
readPsalm 32:5

Pray those who are lost will realize their sin, confess their iniquity, and grow in their understanding of salvation through faith in Christ alone.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that they will receive the Word of God as a lamp to their feet and commit their ways to Him.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
readJohn 14:3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hope in trials because they know that Jesus will one day take them to be with Him forever.

And the King will answer them, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
readMatthew 25:40

Ask God to raise up and send believers who will serve "the least of these" with compassion and energy because they know that in serving those in need, they are serving Christ.

Katla Across Countries (ROP3 - 104738) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
KatlaPG012063KatlaSudan35,000Engaged yet UnreachedKatlaSunni Islam

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