People group profile · PG011836
The Ghadames of Libya
The Ghadames of Libya, numbering about 6,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Berber tribe indigenous to the Ghadames oasis in the Nalut District of northwestern Libya.
They are an indigenous people in the Amazigh-Saharan people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Ghadamès.
Fast facts
- Country
- Libya
- Population
- 6,500
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazigh-Saharan
- Primary language
- Ghadamès (gha)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Northern Africa, Africa
- Location
- Nalut district: Ghadamès, a small oasis near Algeria-Tunisia border
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ghadames 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 Ghadames
- 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
Ghadamès · Afro-Asiatic family
66% speak Ghadamès
Gospel resources in Ghadamès
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Ghadames
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 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.
Ghadames in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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