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People group profile · PG011413

The Medogo of Chad

The Medogo of Chad, numbering about 57,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a dialect subgroup of the Naba-speaking Lisi people of Chad.

They are an indigenous people in the Guera-Naba of Chad people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Naba.

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Fast facts

Country
Chad
Population
57,000
Affinity group
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
People cluster
Guera-Naba of Chad
Primary language
Naba (mne)
Primary religion
Sunni 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

Where they live

Gospel status

The Medogo 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 No
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Medogo

  • 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

Sunni Islam · Islam

99% adherents

Primary language

Naba · Central Sudanic family

100% speak Naba

Gospel resources in Naba

  • Bible not available
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources not available
  • Bible stories not available

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Medogo

  1. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  2. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  3. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  4. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.

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