People group profile · PG046711
The Uduk of the United States
The Uduk of the United States, numbering about 325 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Nilo-Saharan diaspora people of Sudanese and South Sudanese Uduk origin, indigenous to the Blue Nile border region and maintaining an identity linked to the wider Uduk community despite displacement and migration.
They are a diaspora people in the Nilotic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Uduk.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 325
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Nilotic
- Primary language
- Uduk (udu)
- 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 America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Uduk 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 Uduk
- 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
Primary language
Uduk · Koman family
100% speak Uduk
Gospel resources in Uduk
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Uduk)
Bibles
- 2007 SIM · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Uduk
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
Uduk in other countries
The same people is also reported in 2 other countries.
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