Sara Gambai of Chad (PGID: PG011447)

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.

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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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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:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Ngambay:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
Nouvelle Version	✓	✓

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

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.
Psalm 67:4

Pray that those who are lost in darkness and confusion will come to understand God's ways, submit to His righteous rule, and experience the joy of His salvation.

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 16:11

Pray that God will make a way for His path of life to be revealed to many so that they may come into His presence and experience abundant joy and eternal pleasures at His right hand.

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
2 Corinthians 9:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the principle of sowing and reaping, and be generous in their giving and serving, knowing that they will reap a generous harvest.

But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.
Jeremiah 29:7

Pray that God will lead the lost among them to followers of Jesus who will share the gospel with them so that they may believe and take the message of hope to their families and friends.

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

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

CountryReligion

2 people groups

Photo	People Group ID	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index ▼	Language	Religion
	PG011447	Sara Gambai	Chad	2,120,000	No Longer Unreached	Ngambay	Ethnoreligion
	PG012131	Sara Gambai	Sudan	17,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Ngambay	Ethnoreligion

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