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The Gumuz of Sudan

The Gumuz of Sudan, numbering approximately 59,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Nilo-Saharan-speaking people of the Blue Nile borderlands who trace their retreat there to displacement by more powerful Amhara and Agaw neighbors, sustaining themselves through shifting cultivation of sorghum. They mostly adhere to Animism and Gumuz is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Sudan
People Cluster: Nilotic
Primary Language(s): Gumuz (guk)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 59,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012035
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Pray for the Gumuz of Sudan

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

70%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gumuz
Language Family: Gumuz

100%
%
Gumuz Speakers

Media Resources in Gumuz:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Gumuz:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2003 Bible Society of Ethiopia✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Gumuz bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Gumuz 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 Gumuz:
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 Gumuz of Sudan

And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
readMatthew 6:16

Pray that those who live to please men and not God will turn from the emptiness of seeking approval from others and find true satisfaction in the treasure of a personal relationship with God.

Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
readPsalm 119:97

Pray that the lost will have access to God's Word in their language and treasure it deeply, meditating on God's promises and precepts.

The LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you.
readNumbers 6:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that He has given them His favor and His presence.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
read1 Corinthians 15:10–11

Pray that God's people will preach the message of Jesus' death and resurrection and that it will spread among the lost through the selfless witness of believers.

Gumuz Across Countries (ROP3 - 103562) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GumuzPG011589GumuzEthiopia262,000Engaged yet UnreachedGumuzEthnoreligion
GumuzPG012035GumuzSudan59,000Engaged yet UnreachedGumuzAnimism

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