People group profile · PG011374
The Kanembu of Chad
The Kanembu of Chad, numbering about 1,230,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnic group indigenous to the Lac Prefecture of Chad, considered to be modern descendants of the Kanem-Bornu Empire.
They are an indigenous people in the Kanuri-Saharan people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam, and they primarily speak Kanembu.
Fast facts
- Country
- Chad
- Population
- 1,230,000
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Kanuri-Saharan
- Primary language
- Kanembu (kbl)
- Primary religion
- Folk Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Location
- Barh el Gazel, Hadjer-Lamis, and Lac and Kanem regions
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kanembu 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 Kanembu
- 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
Folk Islam · Islam
90% adherents
Primary language
Kanembu · Saharan family
100% speak Kanembu
Gospel resources in Kanembu
- Bible available, published 2001
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kanembu)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kanembu
- 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.
Kanembu in other countries
The same people (ROP3 104570) is reported in 2 other countries.
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