The Kwang of Chad

The Kwang of Chad, numbering approximately 55,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an East Chadic people of south-central Chad between the Logone and Chari rivers, comprising Mobu, Ngam, Cagin, and related communities within two major dialect continua. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and Kwang is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Kwang (kvi)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 55,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011394
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Neo-Pentecostalism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

30%
%
Neo-Pentecostalism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kwang
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Kwang Speakers

Media Resources in Kwang:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Kwang:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Kwang bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kwang are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Kwang:
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

Pray specifically for the Kwang of Chad

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that those who need to surrender their lives to Christ will confess their sins and trust in Him, being united with Him in His death and resurrection, walking in newness of life.

...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.

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
readLamentations 3:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and walk through trials, they will be satisfied with the Lord as their portion and will place all their hope in Him.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

Kwang Across Countries (ROP3 - 105522) reported in the following countries:

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