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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Uduk of Sudan

The Uduk of Sudan, numbering approximately 29,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Nilo-Saharan ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Blue Nile state in Sudan and the Upper Nile state in South Sudan. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and Uduk is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Uduk

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Sudan
People Cluster: Nilotic
Primary Language(s): Uduk (udu)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 29,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042843
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Neo-Pentecostalism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Neo-Pentecostalism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Uduk
Language Family: Koman

100%
%
Uduk Speakers

Media Resources in Uduk:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Uduk:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2007 SIM✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Uduk bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Uduk 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 Uduk:
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 Uduk of Sudan

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
readRevelation 3:20

Pray that those who have not opened their hearts to Jesus will hear His knock and invite Him in as their Savior and Lord.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise).
readEphesians 6:1-2

Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Praise the God who is able to make a way forward, even when it seems impossible. Ask Him to do a new thing among this people group specifically and among the nations, raising up believers to go and share the gospel with individuals and places where it has not flourished before.

Uduk Across Countries (ROP3 - 110363) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
UdukPG042843UdukSudan29,000Engaged yet UnreachedUdukNeo-Pentecostalism
UdukPG011652UdukEthiopia31,500Engaged yet UnreachedUdukAnimism
UdukPG046711UdukUnited States325Unengaged and UnreachedUdukSunni Islam

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