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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Ghadames of Tunisia

The Ghadames of Tunisia, numbering approximately 3,400 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Berber tribe indigenous to the Ghadames oasis in the Nalut District of northwestern Libya. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Ghadamès is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Tunisia
People Cluster: Amazigh-Saharan
Primary Language(s): Ghadamès (gha)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 3,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
People Group ID: PG012212
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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: Ghadamès
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

75%
%
Ghadamès Speakers

Media Resources in Ghadamès:

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Bible Resources in Ghadamès:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources (GSEC: 0), there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources

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Pray specifically for the Ghadames of Tunisia

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
readPsalm 10:17-18

Pray that God, in accordance with His good character, will give justice to those who are oppressed by sin and that they will know that His offer of salvation is for everyone.

The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.
readMatthew 4:16

Pray that those who dwell in darkness and live in the land of the shadow of death may be drawn out of darkness into His marvelous light.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

Ghadames Across Countries (ROP3 - 103312) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GhadamesPG011836GhadamesLibya6,500Engaged yet UnreachedGhadamèsSunni Islam
GhadamesPG012212GhadamesTunisia3,400Unengaged and UnreachedGhadamèsSunni Islam

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