People group profile · PG011837
The Tamachek of Libya
The Tamachek of Libya, numbering about 25,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of the Tuareg Amazigh, indigenous to the Tamanrasset province of southeastern Algeria and neighboring areas in Libya and Niger.
They are an indigenous people in the Tuareg people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Tahaggart Tamahaq.
Fast facts
- Country
- Libya
- Population
- 25,000
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Tuareg
- Primary language
- Tahaggart Tamahaq (thv)
- 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
- Ghat and Murzuq districts; south Hoggar mountains, Tamanrasset and south (Hoggar dialect); Ganet and west Libya oases, Ghat area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tamachek 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 Tamachek
- 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
100% adherents
Primary language
Tahaggart Tamahaq · Afro-Asiatic family
70% speak Tahaggart Tamahaq
Gospel resources in Tahaggart Tamahaq
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tamachek
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
Tamachek in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoggar-Tuareg | Niger | 60,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
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