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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Azande of Central African Republic

The Azande of Central African Republic, numbering approximately 119,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Central African people living in South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic. They are united by the Zande language and a shared cultural, historical, and political heritage They are an Indigenous people, with Azande as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Sudanic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism. They primarily speak Zande.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Central African Republic
People Cluster: Sudanic
Primary Language(s): Zande (zne)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 119,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012949
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Zande
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Zande Speakers

Media Resources in Zande:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Zande:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
The BIble Society in South Sudan 2011✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Zande bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Azande 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 Azande:
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 Azande of Central African Republic

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
readTitus 3:3

Pray for those who seek worldly pleasures instead of God to flee from sin and choose God’s goodness and lovingkindness by placing their faith in Jesus.

“I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that was not called by my name."
readIsaiah 65:1

Pray that the lost will be found by God, even when they are not seeking Him. Pray that He will reveal Himself to them in a way they cannot ignore and that they will respond in faith.

Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered.
readPsalm 105:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember His wonders, miracles, and perfect judgements.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Azande Across Countries (ROP3 - 100673) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
AzandePG012949AzandeCentral African Republic119,000Engaged yet UnreachedZandeProtestantism
AzandePG014481AzandeCongo, Democratic Republic of the2,320,000Engaged yet UnreachedZandeNeo-Pentecostalism
AzandePG042503AzandeSouth Sudan807,000Engaged yet UnreachedZandeNeo-Pentecostalism
AzandePG046709AzandeUnited States13,000No Longer UnreachedZandeNeo-Pentecostalism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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