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The Banda of Congo, Democratic Republic of the

The Banda of Congo, Democratic Republic of the, numbering approximately 162,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Ubangian people whose wider homeland lies across the Central African Republic and northern DRC, shaped by nineteenth-century slave raiding and southward migration toward the Ubangi. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Togbo-Vara Banda is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Congo, Democratic Republic of the
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Togbo-Vara Banda (tor)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 162,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG043068

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Pray for the Banda of Congo, Democratic Republic of the

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Togbo-Vara Banda
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

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Banda, Togbo-Vara Speakers

Media Resources in Togbo-Vara Banda:

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Bible Resources in Togbo-Vara Banda:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Banda 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 Banda:
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 Banda of Congo, Democratic Republic of the

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that those who haven't heard will hear the Word of Christ and believe in Him, calling upon the name of the Lord to be saved.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that the lost will seek God and learn that they have a heavenly Father who loves them and wants them to live eternally with Him.

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.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Banda, West Central Across Countries (ROP3 - 100954) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BandaPG011313BandaChad197,000Unengaged and UnreachedWest Central BandaEthnoreligion
BandaPG011973BandaSouth Sudan24,500Unengaged and UnreachedWest Central BandaProtestantism
BandaPG043068BandaCongo, Democratic Republic of the162,000Engaged yet UnreachedTogbo-Vara BandaRoman Catholicism
DakpaPG012849DakpaCentral African Republic114,000No Longer UnreachedWest Central BandaEthnoreligion

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