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The Ngama of Chad

The Ngama of Chad, numbering approximately 137,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Sara people of Chad's Moyen-Chari region near Sarh, part of the Sara Majingai-Ngama cluster whose oral tradition traces origin near the Nile before a sixteenth-century westward migration fleeing Arab slave-raiding pressure. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and Ngam is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Sara-Bagirmi
Primary Language(s): Ngam (nmc)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 137,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG011434
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Pray for the Ngama of Chad

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Neo-Pentecostalism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

50%
%
Neo-Pentecostalism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ngam
Language Family: Central Sudanic

85%
%
Ngam Speakers

Media Resources in Ngam:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Ngam:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ngama 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 Ngama:
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 Ngama of Chad

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
readPsalm 96:5

Pray that those who are seeking after worthless idols will not be satisfied until they seek the truth and find it in Christ.

After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
readLuke 5:27-28

Prat that God will prepare many hearts to meet Him when He says, “Follow Me!” and that they will respond in faith, leaving everything behind to follow Him.

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
readRomans 10:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be eager to proclaim the good news of peace, knowing that the Lord has called them to this task.

And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
readColossians 1:20

As believers cross cultures to tell others about Jesus, praise God for allowing them to be a part of His reconciling all things to Himself, asking Him to help them remember their role in His beautiful plan of salvation for others.

Ngam Across Countries (ROP3 - 107236) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NgamaPG011434NgamaChad137,000No Longer UnreachedNgamNeo-Pentecostalism
NgamPG012907NgamCentral African Republic34,000Engaged yet UnreachedNgamEthnoreligion

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