People group profile · PG011367
The Kaba Demi of Chad
The Kaba Demi of Chad, numbering about 131,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indigenous Sara-related people of southern Chad whose homeland lies in the Barh Kôh and Lac Iro river valleys and whose identity is rooted in the Kaba Démé language and the wider Sara-Bagirmi cultural tradition.
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 Deme.
Fast facts
- Country
- Chad
- Population
- 131,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Sara-Bagirmi
- Primary language
- Sara Kaba Deme (kwg)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kaba Demi are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Kaba Demi
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Primary language
Sara Kaba Deme · Central Sudanic family
85% speak Sara Kaba Deme
Gospel resources in Sara Kaba Deme
- Bible available, published 1999
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kaba Demi
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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