People group profile · PG011318
The Bediondo Mbai of Chad
The Bediondo Mbai of Chad, numbering about 197,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Central Sara-speaking people of Chad's Moyen-Chari prefecture, part of the wider Sara-Bagirmi cluster whose ancestors are said to have migrated west from the Nile Valley to escape Arab and Muslim raiding pressure.
They are an indigenous people in the Sara-Bagirmi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Bedjond.
Fast facts
- Country
- Chad
- Population
- 197,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Sara-Bagirmi
- Primary language
- Bedjond (bjv)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bediondo Mbai are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Bediondo Mbai
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
77% adherents
Primary language
Bedjond · Central Sudanic family
100% speak Bedjond
Gospel resources in Bedjond
- Bible available, published 2013
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2011 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bediondo Mbai
- 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.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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