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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Banda of Chad

The Banda of Chad, numbering approximately 197,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Central African Republic and South Sudan. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and West Central Banda is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Banda

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): West Central Banda (bbp)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 197,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011313

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

75%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: West Central Banda
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Banda, West Central Speakers

Media Resources in West Central Banda:

Films:

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Bible Resources in West Central Banda:

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

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): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), 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

Next steps for the Banda:
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Pray specifically for the Banda of Chad

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
readIsaiah 53:6

Pray that those who have wandered far from God will be drawn back to Him, recognizing their need for a Savior and finding forgiveness and new life in Christ.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed"
readGalatians 3:8

Ask the Lord to fulfill His promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed by advancing the gospel to every people group who has yet to receive it.

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
readHebrews 10:26

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will live with reverence for God and not deliberately keep sinning after they receive the knowledge of the truth.

And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
readMark 1:17-18

Pray that God will raise up believers from this place and/or other cultures nearby to proclaim the gospel to those who desperately need to encounter it.

Banda, West Central Across Countries (ROP3 - 100954) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BandaPG011313BandaChad197,000Unengaged and UnreachedWest Central BandaEthnoreligion
BandaPG043068BandaCongo, Democratic Republic of the162,000Engaged yet UnreachedTogbo-Vara BandaRoman Catholicism
DakpaPG012849DakpaCentral African Republic114,000No Longer UnreachedWest Central BandaEthnoreligion
BandaPG011973BandaSouth Sudan24,500Unengaged and UnreachedWest Central BandaProtestantism

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