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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

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:
TitleLink
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

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God".
readRomans 3:10-11

Pray that God will have mercy on those living in broken relationship with Him, and that He will bring many to surrender and repentance at the throne of grace.

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
readPsalm 127:3

Pray that God will bless this generation of children, that they will come to know Jesus early in life and follow Him always.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
readPsalm 56:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's promises, knowing that He will uphold them with His righteous right hand.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

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

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
GumuzPG012035GumuzSudan59,000Engaged yet UnreachedGumuzAnimism
GumuzPG011589GumuzEthiopia262,000Engaged yet UnreachedGumuzEthnoreligion

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