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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Mongallese Arabs of South Sudan

The Mongallese Arabs of South Sudan, numbering approximately 55,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Mongallese Arabs in South Sudan. They are an Indigenous people in the Arab, Sudan people cluster of the Arab Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary language is Arabic, Juba and their primary religion is Sunni Islam.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: South Sudan
People Cluster: Arab, Sudan
Primary Language(s): Arabic, Juba (pga)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 55,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012110
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Arabic, Juba
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
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Arabic, Juba Speakers

Media Resources in Arabic, Juba:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Mongallese Arabs:
Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Mongallese Arabs 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 Mongallese Arabs:
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

SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mongallese Arabs 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 Mongallese Arabs:
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 Mongallese Arabs of South Sudan

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Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
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Pray that the gospel will advance and that many will have the opportunity to taste and see the goodness of God and entrust their lives to Him.

I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
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Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have assurance of eternal life, knowing that no one can snatch them out of the loving hand of Jesus.

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
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Ask God to raise up believers who will faithfully proclaim the good news and equip others to do the same.

Arab, Mongallese Across Countries (ROP3 - 106754) reported in the following countries:

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