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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Sara Gambai of Chad

The Sara Gambai of Chad, numbering approximately 2,120,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Sara-Bagirmi-speaking Nilo-Saharan ethnic group indigenous to southern Chad and Cameroon. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Ngambay is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Sara-Bagirmi
Primary Language(s): Ngambay (sba)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 2,120,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG011447
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Pray for the Sara Gambai of Chad

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

75%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ngambay
Language Family: Central Sudanic

75%
%
Ngambay Speakers

Media Resources in Ngambay:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Ngambay:

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1 entry

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Or check out the Ngambay bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Sara Gambai 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 Sara Gambai:
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 Sara Gambai of Chad

While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
readLuke 9:42

Pray that those who are living outside of the hope of the gospel will know and trust that Jesus offers freedom from the oppression of sin and hope in eternal life.

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
readJames 4:4

Pray that the lost will be convicted of their friendship with the world, which is hostility toward God, and that they will turn from their sin and embrace the grace and mercy of God through Christ Jesus.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
readPsalm 47:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will exalt the Lord, recognizing His reign over the nations and His sovereignty over all things.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Sara Ngambai Across Countries (ROP3 - 108711) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Sara GambaiPG011447Sara GambaiChad2,120,000No Longer UnreachedNgambayEthnoreligion
Sara GambaiPG012131Sara GambaiSudan17,500Unengaged and UnreachedNgambayEthnoreligion

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