The Kimre of Chad

The Kimre of Chad, numbering approximately 37,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an East Chadic people of seventeen villages east of Lai in Chad's Tandjile Est department, closely related in language to the neighboring Lele and Gabri peoples. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and Kimré is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Kimré (kqp)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 37,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG011385
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Neo-Pentecostalism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

59%
%
Neo-Pentecostalism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kimré
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Kimré Speakers

Media Resources in Kimré:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Kimré:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kimre are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Kimre:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Kimre of Chad

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
readRevelation 3:20

Pray that those who have not opened their hearts to Jesus will hear His knock and invite Him in as their Savior and Lord.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
readHebrews 4:12

Pray for God's Word to be accessible to everyone in this people group in a way they will resonate with so that many will engage with it, receive it, and share it with others.

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
readRomans 5:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the hope of glory and be in awe of God's mercy that gives them access to Him through faith.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

Kimre Across Countries (ROP3 - 105011) reported in the following countries:

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