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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Mid-Southern Banda of Central African Republic

The Mid-Southern Banda of Central African Republic, numbering approximately 188,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Banda tribal group indigenous to the Central African Republic They are an Indigenous people, with Banda (Sudanic) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Sudanic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Banda, Mid-Southern.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Central African Republic
People Cluster: Sudanic
Primary Language(s): Banda, Mid-Southern (bjo)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 188,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012852
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Banda, Mid-Southern
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Banda, Mid-Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Banda, Mid-Southern:

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Bible Resources in Banda, Mid-Southern:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Mid-Southern Banda 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 Mid-Southern Banda:
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 Mid-Southern Banda of Central African Republic

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
readJohn 3:18

Pray for those who are living under the burden of their sin to believe in Jesus, the only Son of God, and receive freedom.

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
read1 Timothy 2:1-2

Pray that leaders and those in authority will not thwart the spread of the gospel but put their faith in Christ, have hearts that are soft toward their people, and be freed from the temptations that power can bring.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
readPsalm 42:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will thirst for God and be satisfied when they abide in Him.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
readEphesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Banda, Mid-Southern Across Countries (ROP3 - 101599) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Mid-Southern BandaPG012852Mid-Southern BandaCentral African Republic188,000Engaged yet UnreachedBanda, Mid-SouthernEthnoreligion
Mid-Southern BandaPG011974Mid-Southern BandaSouth Sudan6,000Unengaged and UnreachedBanda, Mid-SouthernProtestantism

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