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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ngama of Chad

The Ngama of Chad, numbering approximately 136,000 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: 136,000
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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Or check out the Ngam bible at Bible.com

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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

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will be freed from the emptiness of fading hopes and find lasting life and truth in the unchanging Word of God.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

And God is able to make all grace about to you, so that having sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
read2 Corinthians 9:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will see that God provides for their needs and be content in His provision so that they may excel in every good work.

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
readLuke 10:6

Pray that, as people come to faith in Christ and want to share it with others, they will be welcomed into homes and received well so that they can share message of hope with many people.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NgamaPG011434NgamaChad136,000No Longer UnreachedNgamNeo-Pentecostalism
NgamPG012907NgamCentral African Republic34,000Engaged yet UnreachedNgamEthnoreligion

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