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The South Central Dinka of United States

The South Central Dinka of United States, numbering approximately 9,900 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Nilotic tribal group indigenous to South Sudan with a sizable diaspora population abroad. They mostly adhere to Animism and South Central Dinka is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite: Dinka

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Nilotic
Primary Language(s): South Central Dinka (dib)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 9,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG046703

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: South Central Dinka
Language Family: Nilotic

100%
%
Dinka, South Central Speakers

Media Resources in South Central Dinka:

Films:
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Bible Resources in South Central Dinka:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The South Central Dinka 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 South Central Dinka:
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 South Central Dinka of United States

While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
readLuke 9:42

Pray that those who are living outside of the hope of the gospel will know and trust that Jesus offers freedom from the oppression of sin and hope in eternal life.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
readPsalm 104:8

Pray that they will see the hand of God in the beauty and order of the natural world, and that they will worship Him as the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
readPsalm 6:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will remind them that He is near and will help them place their hope in Him when others wish to do them harm.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
read1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Pray that God will raise up believers to go to the lost and faithfully proclaim the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection so that all may have an opportunity to access and believe.

Dinka, South Central Across Countries (ROP3 - 102620) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▲NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
South Central DinkaPG014898South Central DinkaSouth Sudan734,000Engaged yet UnreachedSouth Central DinkaAfrican Traditional Religion
South Central DinkaPG046703South Central DinkaUnited States9,900Engaged yet UnreachedSouth Central DinkaAnimism
South Central DinkaPG050512South Central DinkaCanada2,400Engaged yet UnreachedSouth Central DinkaAnimism

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