The Ngok Dinka of Sudan

The Ngok Dinka of Sudan, numbering approximately 121,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Dinka people comprising nine traditional chiefdoms whose ancestral homeland is the disputed Abyei Area, where their communities have historically maintained settlements, cattle camps, grazing areas, burial grounds, and sacred sites. They mostly adhere to African Traditional Religion and Northwestern Dinka is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Sudan
People Cluster: Nilotic
Primary Language(s): Northwestern Dinka (diw)
Primary Religion(s): African Traditional Religion
Population: 121,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG050694

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: African Traditional Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

50%
%
African Traditional Relig… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Northwestern Dinka
Language Family: Nilotic

100%
%
Northwestern Dinka Speakers

Media Resources in Northwestern Dinka:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Northwestern Dinka:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Northwestern Dinka bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Ngok 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 Ngok 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 Ngok Dinka of Sudan

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
readPsalm 73:26

Pray that those who are lost and struggling to find hope will find their strength and hope in God, recognizing Him as their portion and deliverer forever.

"O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me."
readJohn 17:25

Pray that the lost will come to know the Father and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent, and that they will be filled with His love and grace.

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.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
readActs 17:30

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will boldly and lovingly declare that God commands all people everywhere to repent.

Dinka, Ngok Across Countries (ROP3 - 119749) reported in the following countries:

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