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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Mesme of Chad

The Mesme of Chad, numbering approximately 39,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Chad They are an Indigenous people, with Mesme as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Chadic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. They mostly adhere to Neo-Pentecostalism and Mesme is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Mesme (zim)
Primary Religion(s): Neo-Pentecostalism
Population: 39,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG011414
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Neo-Pentecostalism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

70%
%
Neo-Pentecostalism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mesme
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

85%
%
Mesme Speakers

Media Resources in Mesme:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Mesme:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1995 Edition✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Mesme bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mesme 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 Mesme:
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 Mesme of Chad

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will recognize Him as the only way to the Father and follow Him in faith.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise).
readEphesians 6:1-2

Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.
readPsalm 75:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will give thanks to the Lord for His wondrous works and declare His goodness to all people.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Praise the God who is able to make a way forward, even when it seems impossible. Ask Him to do a new thing among this people group specifically and among the nations, raising up believers to go and share the gospel with individuals and places where it has not flourished before.

Mesme Across Countries (ROP3 - 106565) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
MesmePG011414MesmeChad39,500No Longer UnreachedMesmeNeo-Pentecostalism

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