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The Bagirmi Fula of Chad

The Bagirmi Fula of Chad, numbering approximately 108,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Fulani branch historically tied to the 16th-century Sultanate of Bagirmi south of Lake Chad, whose Islamic religious role in the kingdom grew alongside tribute owed to its Barma rulers, today combining farming with semi-sedentary herding. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Bagirmi Fulfulde is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Fulani / Fulbe
Primary Language(s): Bagirmi Fulfulde (fui)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 108,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011311
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bagirmi Fulfulde
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
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Fulfulde, Bagirmi Speakers

Media Resources in Bagirmi Fulfulde:

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Bible Resources in Bagirmi Fulfulde:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bagirmi Fula 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 Bagirmi Fula:
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 Bagirmi Fula of Chad

"...And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
readLuke 8:8

Pray that the seeds of truth will take root in the hearts of those who are far from Jesus and that He will lead them from darkness to light.

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
readIsaiah 30:21

As the lost in this people group seek to know the truth of who God is, pray that the Spirit of God will draw them to Himself and guide them in the way they should go.

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.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
readActs 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

Fulbe, Bagirmi Across Countries (ROP3 - 100752) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
Bagirmi FulaPG011311Bagirmi FulaChad108,000Engaged yet UnreachedBagirmi FulfuldeFolk Islam
Bagirmi FulaPG012853Bagirmi FulaCentral African Republic81,500Engaged yet UnreachedBagirmi FulfuldeFolk Islam

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