The Kaba Kurumi of Chad

The Kaba Kurumi of Chad, numbering approximately 13,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Kulfa-speaking branch of the Sara-Kaba peoples of southern Chad, part of the region's largest ethnic bloc, traditionally animist farmers of the Chari-Logone basin. They mostly adhere to Animism and Kulfa 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): Kulfa (kxj)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 13,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011368
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

75%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kulfa
Language Family: Central Sudanic

100%
%
Kulfa Speakers

Media Resources in Kulfa:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Kulfa:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Kulfa bible at Bible.com

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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

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And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior."
readLuke 1:46-47

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Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
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For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
read2 Corinthians 12:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their weaknesses, hardships, and difficulties, having hope because Christ's power is made perfect in their weakness.

And the King will answer them, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
readMatthew 25:40

Ask God to raise up and send believers who will serve "the least of these" with compassion and energy because they know that in serving those in need, they are serving Christ.

Kaba Kurumi Across Countries (ROP3 - 104345) reported in the following countries:

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