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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Bon Gula of Chad

The Bon Gula of Chad, numbering approximately 3,900 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a small Chadic people near Chad's Zakouma National Park, the only ethnic group not relocated when the reserve was established, devoted to the pre-Islamic Marghai religion with reverence for sacred mountains and snakes despite nominal Muslim identity They are an Indigenous people, with Bon Gula as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Bon Gula is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Bon Gula (glc)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 3,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
People Group ID: PG011326
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

58%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bon Gula
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Bon Gula Speakers

Media Resources in Bon Gula:

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Bible Resources in Bon Gula:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources (GSEC: 0), there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources

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Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
readJerremiah 32:17

Pray that the God who made the heavens and the earth by the power of His outstretched arm, the One who is able to save those who are lost, will show His great love and mercy to those who are walking in darkness.

...And that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
readLuke 24:47

Pray that the message of repentance and forgiveness through Jesus will reach everyone.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
read2 Corinthians 9:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God in all things, especially in times of persecution.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Bon Gula Across Countries (ROP3 - 101586) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Bon GulaPG011326Bon GulaChad3,900Unengaged and UnreachedBon GulaFolk Islam

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