Prototype rebuild by the IMB Innovation Team. The official site is peoplegroups.org.

People group profile · PG011314

The Barein of Chad

The Barein of Chad, numbering about 13,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are one of the Hadjeray peoples of the mountainous regions of Guera Prefecture in Chad.

They are an indigenous people in the Chadic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam, and they primarily speak Barein.

Pray for the BareinPrint profile

AI-generated illustration representing the Barein people
AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Barein

Fast facts

Country
Chad
Population
13,500
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Chadic
Primary language
Barein (bva)
Primary religion
Folk Islam
Strategic Progress Index ?
Unengaged and Unreached
Evangelical
No Known Evangelicals
GSEC ?
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority ?
Frontier Unreached People Group
Region
Middle Africa, Africa

Where they live

Gospel status

The Barein are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.

  • Congregations exist No
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Barein

  • Pray that God would send workers to this people group
  • Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
  • Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice

Primary religion

Folk Islam · Islam

100% adherents

Primary language

Barein · Afro-Asiatic family

100% speak Barein

Gospel resources in Barein

  • Bible available, published 1998
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources not available
  • Bible stories not available

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Barein

  1. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
  2. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
  3. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
  4. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.

Download a prayer guide

Know something we don't? Submit updates to IMB Global Research.