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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

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
readColossians 3:5-6

Pray for God to have mercy and give those who don't yet know Him the gift of Jesus and His salvation for all who call upon His name.

...And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
readLuke 24:47

Pray that the message of repentance and forgiveness through Jesus will reach everyone.

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
readActs 2:42

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will devote themselves to God's Word, to fellowship with each other, and to prayer.

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
readEphesians 1:13-14

Pray that God will work through believers near and far in bringing the lost to Himself, giving them what they need to do the task He has set before them, and helping them rest in Him because He has given them His Spirit.

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

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2 people groups

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

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