People group profile · PG011316
The Baxa of Chad
The Baxa of Chad, numbering about 3,800 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Maban-speaking Baxa, or Fala, dialect community of Chad's Ouaddai Region, one of four related Karanga-language groups descending from the Maba peoples who overthrew the Christian Tunjur dynasty in the early 17th century to found the Islamic Wadai Empire.
They are an indigenous people in the Ouaddai-Fur people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Karanga.
Fast facts
- Country
- Chad
- Population
- 3,800
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Ouaddai-Fur
- Primary language
- Karanga (kth)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Baxa 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, there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Baxa
- 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
60% adherents
Primary language
Karanga · Maban family
100% speak Karanga
Gospel resources in Karanga
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Baxa
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
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