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The Banda-Banda of South Sudan

The Banda-Banda of South Sudan, numbering approximately 4,900 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Banda subgroup of the Central African Republic-South Sudan borderlands whose Banda-Banda language forms part of the Central Banda continuum and includes several southern regional varieties. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and Banda-Banda is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Banda-Banda

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: South Sudan
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Banda-Banda (bpd)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 4,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011975
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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: Banda-Banda
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

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Banda-Banda Speakers

Media Resources in Banda-Banda:

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Bible Resources in Banda-Banda:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Banda-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 Banda-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 Banda-Banda of South Sudan

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb’
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that many people will receive the gospel and will be part of the great multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, clothed in white robes and palm branches, proclaiming salvation belongs to our God.

And God is able to make all grace about to you, so that having sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
read2 Corinthians 9:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will see that God provides for their needs and be content in His provision so that they may excel in every good work.

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessing.
read1 Corinthians 9:23

Ask God to give believers a deep desire to share the gospel with those who don't know the truth about God's redemption plan, and to provide them with opportunities to do so cross-culturally.

Banda-Banda Across Countries (ROP3 - 100957) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Banda-BandaPG012829Banda-BandaCentral African Republic196,000Engaged yet UnreachedBanda-BandaProtestantism
Banda-BandaPG011975Banda-BandaSouth Sudan4,900Engaged yet UnreachedBanda-BandaNeo-Pentecostalism

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