People group profile · PG011340
The Dendje of Chad
The Dendje of Chad, numbering about 10,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Kaba Na-speaking Sara people of Chad's Moyen-Chari Prefecture, descended from Nile Valley migrants who fled Arab raiders, later subjected to Bagirmi slave raids and, under French Equatorial Africa, to forced labor on the Congo-Ocean Railroad.
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 Sara Kaba Náà.
Fast facts
- Country
- Chad
- Population
- 10,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Sara-Bagirmi
- Primary language
- Sara Kaba Náà (kwv)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- 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 Dendje 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 Dendje
- 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
24% adherents
Primary language
Sara Kaba Náà · Central Sudanic family
100% speak Sara Kaba Náà
Gospel resources in Sara Kaba Náà
- Bible available, published 1988
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kaba Naa, Sara)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Dendje
- 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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