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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Gundi of Central African Republic

The Gundi of Central African Republic, numbering approximately 21,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Central African Republic, Nola Subprefecture, south and east of Nola. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and Gundi is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Central African Republic
People Cluster: Pygmy
Primary Language(s): Gundi (gdi)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 21,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012867
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Neo-Pentecostalism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Neo-Pentecostalism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gundi
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Gundi Speakers

Media Resources in Gundi:

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Bible Resources in Gundi:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Gundi 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 Gundi:
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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 Gundi of Central African Republic

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
readProverbs 8:17

As many search for hope, pray they will discover materials that will lead them to Jesus and explain the gospel in a way they will resonate with.

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.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
readPhilippians 3:20-21

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember their citizenship is in heaven.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Gundi (Central Africa) Across Countries (ROP3 - 103568) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
GundiPG012970GundiCongo3,100Unengaged and UnreachedGundiRoman Catholicism
GundiPG012867GundiCentral African Republic21,000Engaged yet UnreachedGundiNeo-Pentecostalism
GundiPG014560GundiCongo, Democratic Republic of the5,800Engaged yet UnreachedGundiEthnoreligion

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