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People group profile · PG011336

The Bokoruge of Chad

The Bokoruge of Chad, numbering about 97,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenous Daju people centered in the Dar Sila region around Goz Beida in eastern Chad, whose farming communities extend across the nearby border into Sudan.

They are an indigenous people in the Ouaddai-Fur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Dar Sila Daju.

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Fast facts

Country
Chad
Population
97,500
Affinity group
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
People cluster
Ouaddai-Fur
Primary language
Dar Sila Daju (dau)
Primary religion
Ethnoreligion
Strategic Progress Index ?
Engaged yet Unreached
Evangelical
No Known Evangelicals
GSEC ?
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority ?
Frontier Unreached People Group
Region
Middle Africa, Africa

Where they live

Gospel status

The Bokoruge are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.

  • Congregations exist No
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Bokoruge

  • 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

Primary religion

Ethnoreligion

Primary language

Dar Sila Daju · Dajuic family

100% speak Dar Sila Daju

Gospel resources in Dar Sila Daju

  • Bible not available
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Bokoruge

  1. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
  2. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
  3. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
  4. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.

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Bokoruge in other countries

The same people is also reported in 1 other country.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
BokorugeSudan7,600Unengaged and Unreached

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