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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Katcha-Kadugli of Sudan

The Katcha-Kadugli of Sudan, numbering approximately 98,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Kadu-speaking people of Sudan's Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, part of a mountain refuge region of over fifty distinct communities historically resisting slave raiding and assimilation from the surrounding lowlands. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Katcha-Kadugli-Miri is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Sudan
People Cluster: Nuba Mountains
Primary Language(s): Katcha-Kadugli-Miri (xtc)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 98,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012053
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Katcha-Kadugli-Miri
Language Family: Kadugli-Krongo

59%
%
Katcha-Kadugli-Miri Speakers

Media Resources in Katcha-Kadugli-Miri:

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Bible Resources in Katcha-Kadugli-Miri:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Katcha-Kadugli 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 Katcha-Kadugli:
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 Katcha-Kadugli of 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.

Moses said, "Please show me your glory." And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
readExodus 33:18-19

Pray that many will come to know the glory of God, which is revealed in Jesus Christ, and that they will rejoice in the mercy He offers them.

For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.
readHebrews 10:34

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have compassion for those in prison, sympathize with those who are mistreated, and continue to do good and share the gospel with others.

Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
read2 Corinthians 5:20

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will be His ambassadors, faithfully imploring people on Christ's behalf to be reconciled to God through Jesus.

Katcha-Kadugli-Miri Across Countries (ROP3 - 104725) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Katcha-KadugliPG012053Katcha-KadugliSudan98,000No Longer UnreachedKatcha-Kadugli-MiriSunni Islam

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