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The Bor of South Sudan

The Bor of South Sudan, numbering approximately 101,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Southeastern Dinka people of Jonglei's Bor South and Twic East counties who hosted South Sudan's first Christian mission at Malek in 1906 and produced its first Dinka Anglican bishop, before the 1991 Bor Massacre killed thousands under Riek Machar. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Southeastern Dinka is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Bor

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: South Sudan
People Cluster: Nilotic
Primary Language(s): Southeastern Dinka (dks)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 101,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG011990

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Pray for the Bor of South Sudan

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

80%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southeastern Dinka
Language Family: Nilotic

100%
%
Dinka, Southeastern Speakers

Media Resources in Southeastern Dinka:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Southeastern Dinka:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Southeastern Dinka bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Bor are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Bor:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Bor of South Sudan

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

Thank the Lord for the people here and ask that His gospel will flow through this land to bring hope to those who are afflicted by the guilt of sin.

“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread."
readMatthew 6:10-11

As people go about their daily lives, pray they will have the opportunity to encounter Jesus-followers, receive the gospel, and respond with joy. Pray that, as God provides for their daily needs, He will also bring many into His beautiful kingdom.

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will lead those who might hesitate in getting baptized to trust Him as they obey His command, even when obedience is hard.

And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.
readMatthew 7:28-29

Pray that God will remind believers that they have His authority as they share His truth with the lost, and pray He will draw crowds of people to this message and plant it deeply in their hearts.

Bor Across Countries (ROP3 - 115826) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BorPG011990BorSouth Sudan101,000No Longer UnreachedSoutheastern DinkaEthnoreligion

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