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The Beja of Sudan

The Beja of Sudan, numbering approximately 3,245,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenous people of eastern Sudan, centered in the Red Sea Hills and traditionally organized in pastoral tribes whose territories extend toward Egypt and Eritrea. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Beja is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Horn of Africa Peoples
Country: Sudan
People Cluster: Beja
Primary Language(s): Beja (bej)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 3,245,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011980
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Pray for the Beja of Sudan

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Beja
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

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Bedawiyet Speakers

Media Resources in Beja:

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Bible Resources in Beja:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Beja 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 Beja:
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 Beja of Sudan

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:22

Pray for many lost people to turn to the Lord, finding forgiveness and salvation in Him, for He is the only way to true life and restoration.

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
readRomans 2:4

Pray that, in God's kindness and according to His nature, He will lead many to repentance.

Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
readMatthew 18:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they find other believers to pray with, and that they will trust God to answer their requests according to His will.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
readPsalm 139:14

Praise God for His creativity and power, and pray that He will raise up men and women from among them who are in awe of all He has done and want to go share the hope of Christ with others.

Beja Across Countries (ROP3 - 101211) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BejaPG011980BejaSudan3,245,000Engaged yet UnreachedBejaSunni Islam
BejaPG042689BejaEgypt1,265,000Engaged yet UnreachedBejaSunni Islam
BejaPG033677BejaEritrea226,000Unengaged and UnreachedBejaSunni Islam

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