People group profile · PG011385
The Kimre of Chad
The Kimre of Chad, numbering about 37,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an East Chadic people of seventeen villages east of Lai in Chad's Tandjile Est department, closely related in language to the neighboring Lele and Gabri peoples.
They are an indigenous people in the Chadic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Neo-Pentecostalism, and they primarily speak Kimré.
Fast facts
- Country
- Chad
- Population
- 37,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Chadic
- Primary language
- Kimré (kqp)
- Primary religion
- Neo-Pentecostalism
- 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 Kimre 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 Kimre
- 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
Neo-Pentecostalism · Christianity
59% adherents
Primary language
Kimré · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Kimré
Gospel resources in Kimré
- Bible available, published 2012
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2007 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kimre
- 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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