People group profile · PG011438
The Nzakmbay of Chad
The Nzakmbay of Chad, numbering about 46,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a community along the Chad-Cameroon border closely related to the neighboring Kuo and Karang peoples, speaking an Eastern Mbum language within the wider Mbum cluster.
They are an indigenous people in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Nzakambay.
Fast facts
- Country
- Chad
- Population
- 46,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Adamawa-Ubangi
- Primary language
- Nzakambay (nzy)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Nzakmbay are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Nzakmbay
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
55% adherents
Primary language
Nzakambay · Atlantic-Congo family
85% speak Nzakambay
Gospel resources in Nzakambay
- Bible available, published 1994
- 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 Nzakmbay
- 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.
Nzakmbay in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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