People group profile · PG011395
The Lele of Chad
The Lele of Chad, numbering about 91,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an East Chadic people of southwestern Chad's Tandjile region south of Kelo, grouped together with the Marba and Mesme as part of the broader Chari-Logone language cluster between the country's two major rivers.
They are an indigenous people in the Chadic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Lele (Chad).
Fast facts
- Country
- Chad
- Population
- 91,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Chadic
- Primary language
- Lele (Chad) (lln)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- 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 Lele 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 Lele
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
45% adherents
Primary language
Lele (Chad) · Afro-Asiatic family
85% speak Lele (Chad)
Gospel resources in Lele (Chad)
- Bible available, published 1991
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1991 Bible Society of Chad · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Lele
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
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