People group profile · PG011981
The Belanda Dor of South Sudan
The Belanda Dor of South Sudan, numbering about 19,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Western Nilotic people related to the Shilluk, split into river-dwelling Jo Kunam and hill-dwelling Jo Ugot clans, whose tradition tells of splitting from the Jo Luo to join the Bor near the Sueh hills, later displaced by slave raids and war.
They are an indigenous people in the Sudanic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Belanda Bor.
Fast facts
- Country
- South Sudan
- Population
- 19,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Sudanic
- Primary language
- Belanda Bor (bxb)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Belanda Dor are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Belanda Dor
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
85% adherents
Primary language
Belanda Bor · Nilotic family
100% speak Belanda Bor
Gospel resources in Belanda Bor
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Belanda Dor
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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