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The Gbaya-Bossangoa of Central African Republic

The Gbaya-Bossangoa of Central African Republic, numbering approximately 319,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Gbaya people whose ancestors fled Usman dan Fodio's jihad in early 1800s northern Nigeria under war chief Gazargamu, settling around Bossangoa before leading a 1928 revolt against forced conscription for the Congo-Ocean Railway. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Gbaya-Bossangoa is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Gbaya-Bossangoa

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Central African Republic
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Gbaya-Bossangoa (gbp)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 319,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012862
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gbaya-Bossangoa
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Gbaya-Bossangoa Speakers

Media Resources in Gbaya-Bossangoa:

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Bible Resources in Gbaya-Bossangoa:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Gbaya-Bossangoa 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 Gbaya-Bossangoa:
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 Gbaya-Bossangoa of Central African Republic

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
readIsaiah 48:11

Pray that those who have been living for their own glory will turn to the One who is worthy of all praise and find their true identity in Him.

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
readPsalm 2:10-11

Pray for the rulers and authorities here to seek the Lord and serve Him only. Pray that the people they lead will be amazed by the work of God in their lives.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
readHebrews 12:1-2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the testimony of those who went before them, resist sin, and run with perseverance the race set before them, fixing their eyes on Jesus.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Gbaya-Bossangoa Across Countries (ROP3 - 103271) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Gbaya-BossangoaPG012862Gbaya-BossangoaCentral African Republic319,000Engaged yet UnreachedGbaya-BossangoaEthnoreligion

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