People group profile · PG011369
The Kaba Na of Chad
The Kaba Na of Chad, numbering about 114,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Kaba subgroup of the Sara people in southern Chad, historically raided for slaves by Muslim emirates like Bagirmi before French colonization, whose wider Sara kin's post-1960 political dominance under President Tombalbaye triggered civil war.
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
- 114,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Sara-Bagirmi
- Primary language
- Sara Kaba Náà (kwv)
- 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
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kaba Na 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 Kaba Na
- 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
80% adherents
Primary language
Sara Kaba Náà · Central Sudanic family
85% 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 Kaba Na
- 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.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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