The Tuburi of Chad

The Tuburi of Chad, numbering approximately 297,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Chadian people whose ancestors fled Fulbe slave raiders into the lowlands around Fianga, historically ruled from the village of Dore by kings called Wang Dore, sustaining a livelihood built on cattle, fishing, and terraced millet and sorghum farming They are an Indigenous people, with Tuburi as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism. They primarily speak Tupuri.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Chad
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Tupuri (tui)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 297,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011465
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Pray for the Tuburi of Chad

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

70%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tupuri
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

85%
%
Tupuri Speakers

Media Resources in Tupuri:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Tupuri:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2004 Bible Society of Cameroon✓

1 entry

Or check out the Tupuri bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Tuburi 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 Tuburi:
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 Tuburi of Chad

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that those who are lost and unaware of God's blessings will come to know Him as the one true God, put their trust in Him, and join in praising Him among the nations.

Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
readGenesis 2:7

Pray that Christians will be able to share the hope of Christ with suffering people and that He will breathe new life into their souls.

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
readTitus 3:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and might struggle with temptation to trust in their own works, they will remember that it is only because of God's mercy that they have been saved.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
readEphesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Tuburi Across Countries (ROP3 - 110241) reported in the following countries:

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