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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 God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
readPsalm 47:7

Pray for those who live for idols that will never satisfy their hearts, asking that someone will tell them that God is the King of all the earth so that they will turn to Him in repentance and praise.

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
readActs 17:24-25

Pray that the good news will reach everyone in this people group and that many will come to know and serve the one true God who made the world and everything in it and lives today.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
readPsalm 51:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will quickly repent when they sin and walk with clean hearts and right spirits as they grow in their relationship with the Lord.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

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

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
Banda-BandaPG011975Banda-BandaSouth Sudan4,900Engaged yet UnreachedBanda-BandaNeo-Pentecostalism
Banda-BandaPG012829Banda-BandaCentral African Republic196,000Engaged yet UnreachedBanda-BandaProtestantism

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