People group profile · PG042811
The Bokoruge of Sudan
The Bokoruge of Sudan, numbering about 7,600 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Daju people whose royal line fled west from a collapsing medieval Darfur kingdom around the late 15th century to found the wandering Dar Sila sultanate straddling today's Chad-Sudan border, ruled from the town of Goz Beida.
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.
Fast facts
- Country
- Sudan
- Population
- 7,600
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Ouaddai-Fur
- Primary language
- Dar Sila Daju (dau)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- 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 Bokoruge 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 Bokoruge
- 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
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
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
Bokoruge in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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