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:

Films:
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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

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
readMatthew 9:36

Pray that those who have no hope and are in need of a Savior will be comforted by the Good Shepherd, who seeks to gather the lost and weary into His care.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
read2 Corinthians 5:17

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will understand and experience the truth that in Christ, they are a new creation, and the old has gone and the new has come.

The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way.
readPsalm 37:23

Pray that believers from near and far will serve here and trust in the Lord's timing as He establishes their steps.

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

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