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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Teda of Chad

The Teda of Chad, numbering approximately 92,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Kanuri-Saharan ethnic group indignenous to the Tibesti Mountains that inhabit the central Sahara in northern Chad, southern Libya, and northeastern Niger They are an Indigenous people, with Tubu, Teda as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Kanuri-Saharan people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Tedaga is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Kanuri-Saharan
Primary Language(s): Tedaga (tuq)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 92,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011460
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tedaga
Language Family: Saharan

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Tedaga Speakers

Media Resources in Tedaga:

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Bible Resources in Tedaga:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Teda are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Teda:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Teda of Chad

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst."
readJohn 6:35

Pray that the lost will come to Jesus and believe in Him, never to hunger or thirst again.

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
readActs 17:23

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a deep desire to know God more fully and to make Him known in creative ways to others who are still searching for truth.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
readRomans 1:16

Pray that God will raise up sons and daughters who, like Paul, will be bold to share the gospel across cultural barriers so that many might receive salvation.

Tubu, Teda Across Countries (ROP3 - 109917) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TedaPG011460TedaChad92,500Engaged yet UnreachedTedagaSunni Islam
TedaPG012152TedaSudan13,000Unengaged and UnreachedTedagaSunni Islam
TedaPG011848TedaLibya2,800Unengaged and UnreachedTedagaSunni Islam

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