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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Bagirmi Fula of Chad

The Bagirmi Fula of Chad, numbering approximately 107,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an indigenous community of Chad They are an Indigenous people, with Fulani (Fula, Fulbe) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Fulani / Fulbe people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam. They primarily speak Fulfulde, Bagirmi.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Fulani / Fulbe
Primary Language(s): Fulfulde, Bagirmi (fui)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 107,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011311
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
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Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Fulfulde, Bagirmi
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
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Fulfulde, Bagirmi Speakers

Media Resources in Fulfulde, Bagirmi:

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Bible Resources in Fulfulde, Bagirmi:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bagirmi Fula are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Bagirmi Fula:
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

Pray specifically for the Bagirmi Fula of Chad

And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
readExodus 14:22

Pray that the God who split the sea so that the Israelites might pass through would do another great work among these people, softening the hearts of those who remain lost to the good news and saving them from their sins.

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."
readIsaiah 52:7

Pray that those who don't know the good news of peace and salvation through Jesus Christ will have an opportunity to receive it. Pray that it will bring hope and healing to their souls.

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
read1 Corinthians 9:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hearts that want to serve the lost around them so that many might come to faith in Jesus.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Fulbe, Bagirmi Across Countries (ROP3 - 100752) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Bagirmi FulaPG011311Bagirmi FulaChad107,000Engaged yet UnreachedFulfulde, BagirmiFolk Islam
Bagirmi FulaPG012853Bagirmi FulaCentral African Republic81,000Engaged yet UnreachedFulfulde, BagirmiFolk Islam

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