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People group profile · PG012110

The Mongallese Arabs of South Sudan

The Mongallese Arabs of South Sudan, numbering about 55,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Mongallese Arabs in South Sudan.

They are an indigenous people in the Arab, Sudan people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Sudanese Creole Arabic.

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Fast facts

Country
South Sudan
Population
55,000
Affinity group
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
People cluster
Arab, Sudan
Primary language
Sudanese Creole Arabic (pga)
Primary religion
Sunni Islam
Strategic Progress Index
Unengaged and Unreached
Evangelical
No Known Evangelicals
GSEC
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority
Frontier Unreached People Group
Region
Northern Africa, Africa

Where they live

Gospel status

The Mongallese Arabs are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 Mongallese Arabs

  • Pray that God would send workers to this people group
  • Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
  • Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice

Primary religion

Sunni Islam · Islam

99% adherents

Primary language

Sudanese Creole Arabic · Afro-Asiatic family

100% speak Sudanese Creole Arabic

Gospel resources in Sudanese Creole Arabic

  • Bible available, published 1985
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Films

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

Pray for the Mongallese Arabs

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

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