People group profile · PG042679
The Marba of Chad
The Marba of Chad, numbering about 407,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Chad.
They are an indigenous people in the Chadic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Neo-Pentecostalism, and they primarily speak Marba.
Fast facts
- Country
- Chad
- Population
- 407,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Chadic
- Primary language
- Marba (mpg)
- Primary religion
- Neo-Pentecostalism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Marba are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Marba
- 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
Neo-Pentecostalism · Christianity
60% adherents
Primary language
Marba · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Marba
Gospel resources in Marba
- Bible available, published 1999
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Marba)
Bibles
- 1999 Bible Society of Chad · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Marba
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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