People group profile · PG012097
The Mangaya Bug of South Sudan
The Mangaya Bug of South Sudan, numbering about 850 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Fertit community of the Raga area in South Sudan's Kafia Kingi exclave who identify collectively as Gbaya, speaking one of the Central Sudanic Kresh dialects alongside Aja, Woro, and Dongo.
They are an indigenous people in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Gbaya (Sudan).
Fast facts
- Country
- South Sudan
- Population
- 850
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Adamawa-Ubangi
- Primary language
- Gbaya (Sudan) (krs)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- 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
- Also known as
- Bug
- Region
- Northern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Western Bahr al Ghazal: Zakka, 30 km southeast of Raga on road to Sopo
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mangaya Bug 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 Mangaya Bug
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
70% adherents
Primary language
Gbaya (Sudan) · Kresh-Aja family
100% speak Gbaya (Sudan)
Gospel resources in Gbaya (Sudan)
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 2019 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mangaya Bug
- 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.
- 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.
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