People group profile · PG011459
The Tana of Chad
The Tana of Chad, numbering about 10,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Sara-Bagirmi-speaking ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Central African Republic.
They are a diaspora people in the Sara-Bagirmi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Vale.
Fast facts
- Country
- Chad
- Population
- 10,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Sara-Bagirmi
- Primary language
- Vale (vae)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- 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 Tana are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 Tana
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
70% adherents
Primary language
Vale · Central Sudanic family
85% speak Vale
Gospel resources in Vale
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Vale)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tana
- 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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