Sango of Congo (PGID: PG013016)

The Sango of Congo

The Sango of Congo, numbering approximately 139,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a diaspora community originating among the Sango of the Ubangi River region of the Central African Republic, whose identity is closely associated with the Sango language and wider Ubangian cultural heritage. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Sango is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Congo
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Sango (sag)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 139,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013016
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Sango
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

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Sango Speakers

Media Resources in Sango:

Films:

Title	Link
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Sango:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
2003 Bible Society	✓	✓	✓

1 entry

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Sango 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 Sango:

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Pray specifically for the Sango of Congo

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,' and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Psalm 32:5

Pray those who are lost will realize their sin, confess their iniquity, and grow in their understanding of salvation through faith in Christ alone.

Moses said, "Please show me your glory." And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
Exodus 33:18-19

Pray that many will come to know the glory of God, which is revealed in Jesus Christ, and that they will rejoice in the mercy He offers them.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
John 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.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
Acts 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

Sango Across Countries (ROP3 - 108648) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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4 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG012925	Sango	Central African Republic	503,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Sango	Protestantism
PG013016	Sango	Congo	139,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Sango	Protestantism
PG011446	Sango	Chad	59,000	No Longer Unreached	Sango	Ethnoreligion
PG014717	Sango	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2,200	No Longer Unreached	Sango	Roman Catholicism

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