People group profile · PG012862
The Gbaya-Bossangoa of Central African Republic
The Gbaya-Bossangoa of Central African Republic, numbering about 319,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Gbaya people whose ancestors fled Usman dan Fodio's jihad in early 1800s northern Nigeria under war chief Gazargamu, settling around Bossangoa before leading a 1928 revolt against forced conscription for the Congo-Ocean Railway.
They are an indigenous people in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Gbaya-Bossangoa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Central African Republic
- Population
- 319,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Adamawa-Ubangi
- Primary language
- Gbaya-Bossangoa (gbp)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Location
- Ouham prefecture: Bossangoa and Batangafo (Gbabana) subprefectures; Ouham-Pendé prefecture: south of Ouham river
Where they live
Gospel status
The Gbaya-Bossangoa 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Gbaya-Bossangoa
- 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
Primary language
Gbaya-Bossangoa · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Gbaya-Bossangoa
Gospel resources in Gbaya-Bossangoa
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Gbeya)
Bibles
- ACATBA (Association Centrafricaine pour la Traduction de la Bible et l’Alphabétisation, 2020 · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Gbaya-Bossangoa
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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