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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

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 indigenous community of Central African Republic and South Sudan. 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

100%
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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

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
readPsalm 1:6

As many look for hope in worldly pleasures, pray they will hear and accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that the lost will not perish but come to repentance and that God's patience and long-suffering will lead them to salvation.

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
readHebrews 10:39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, and faithfully follow God, they will share Christ boldly with those around them.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

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

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4 people groups

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

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