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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Azande of United States

The Azande of United States, numbering approximately 13,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a Central African people living in South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic. They are united by the Zande language and a shared cultural, historical, and political heritage They are an Diaspora people, with Azande as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Sudanic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Neo-Pentecostalism. They primarily speak Zande.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Sudanic
Primary Language(s): Zande (zne)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 13,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG046709
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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: Zande
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Zande Speakers

Media Resources in Zande:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Zande:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
The BIble Society in South Sudan 2011✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Zande bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Azande are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Azande:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Azande of United States

But he said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:27

Praise God that He is the God of impossible things and that He is able to save even those who seem beyond hope.

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!
readPsalm 96:3

Pray for people to hear and believe the good news of Jesus and joyfully share it with their family and friends.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
readJohn 10:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have assurance of eternal life, knowing that no one can snatch them out of the loving hand of Jesus.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Azande Across Countries (ROP3 - 100673) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
AzandePG014481AzandeCongo, Democratic Republic of the2,320,000Engaged yet UnreachedZandeNeo-Pentecostalism
AzandePG042503AzandeSouth Sudan807,000Engaged yet UnreachedZandeNeo-Pentecostalism
AzandePG012949AzandeCentral African Republic119,000Engaged yet UnreachedZandeProtestantism
AzandePG046709AzandeUnited States13,000No Longer UnreachedZandeNeo-Pentecostalism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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