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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Mid-Southern Banda of Central African Republic

The Mid-Southern Banda of Central African Republic, numbering approximately 188,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Banda tribal group indigenous to the Central African Republic They are an Indigenous people, with Banda (Sudanic) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Sudanic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Banda, Mid-Southern.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Central African Republic
People Cluster: Sudanic
Primary Language(s): Banda, Mid-Southern (bjo)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 188,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012852
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Banda, Mid-Southern
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Banda, Mid-Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Banda, Mid-Southern:

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Bible Resources in Banda, Mid-Southern:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Mid-Southern 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 Mid-Southern 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 Mid-Southern Banda of Central African Republic

For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
readPsalm 47:7

Pray for those who live for idols that will never satisfy their hearts, asking that someone will tell them that God is the King of all the earth so that they will turn to Him in repentance and praise.

...I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
readPsalm 13:5

Ask God to bring many to trust in His unfailing love and cause their hearts to rejoice in His salvation.

This God - his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.
readPsalm 18:30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have access to His Word and the ability to understand it, so that they can grow in their faith and find refuge in Him.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Banda, Mid-Southern Across Countries (ROP3 - 101599) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Mid-Southern BandaPG012852Mid-Southern BandaCentral African Republic188,000Engaged yet UnreachedBanda, Mid-SouthernEthnoreligion
Mid-Southern BandaPG011974Mid-Southern BandaSouth Sudan6,000Unengaged and UnreachedBanda, Mid-SouthernProtestantism

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