The Tuburi of Chad

The Tuburi of Chad, numbering approximately 297,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Chadian people whose ancestors fled Fulbe slave raiders into the lowlands around Fianga, historically ruled from the village of Dore by kings called Wang Dore, sustaining a livelihood built on cattle, fishing, and terraced millet and sorghum farming They are an Indigenous people, with Tuburi as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. They mostly adhere to Animism and Tupuri is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Tupuri (tui)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 297,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011465
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Pray for the Tuburi of Chad

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

70%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tupuri
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

85%
%
Tupuri Speakers

Media Resources in Tupuri:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Tupuri:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2004 Bible Society of Cameroon✓

1 entry

Or check out the Tupuri bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Tuburi 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 Tuburi:
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 Tuburi of Chad

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
readIsaiah 59:2

Pray that those who are separated from God will turn to Him in humility and repentance, seeking His forgiveness and the restoration of a right relationship with their Heavenly Father.

Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. Heal the sick in it and say to them, "the kingdom of God has come near to you."
readLuke 10:8-9

Pray that the lost will receive messengers of the gospel with joy, turn from their sins, and be healed.

For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
readPsalm 149:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be encouraged and feel immeasurably loved as they meditate on the fact that God takes pleasure in them.

O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart.
readPsalm 15:1-2

Ask God to send believers who will go and, with integrity, walk blamelessly and do what is right, speaking truth about the Lord with those who need to learn about His redemption plan.

Tuburi Across Countries (ROP3 - 110241) reported in the following countries:

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