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The Mid-Southern Banda of South Sudan

The Mid-Southern Banda of South Sudan, numbering approximately 6,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Banda tribal group indigenous to the Central African Republic. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Mid-Southern Banda is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Banda, Mid-southern

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: South Sudan
People Cluster: Sudanic
Primary Language(s): Mid-Southern Banda (bjo)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 6,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011974
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

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

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Banda, Mid-Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Mid-Southern Banda:

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Bible Resources in Mid-Southern Banda:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Mid-Southern Banda:
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Pray specifically for the Mid-Southern Banda of South Sudan

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.

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
readJames 4:4

Pray that the lost will be convicted of their friendship with the world, which is hostility toward God, and that they will turn from their sin and embrace the grace and mercy of God through Christ Jesus.

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
readIsaiah 49:13

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and suffer for their faith, they will sing for joy and be glad in their hearts because the Lord has compassion on them.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

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 Republic189,000Engaged yet UnreachedMid-Southern BandaEthnoreligion
Mid-Southern BandaPG011974Mid-Southern BandaSouth Sudan6,000Unengaged and UnreachedMid-Southern BandaProtestantism

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