Chad

Partner with Local Missionaries in Chad

Located in the 10/40 Window

With great ethnic and linguistic diversity, this country in north-central Africa is home to more than 100 languages and dialects, though Arabic and French are the official languages.

It is also religiously diverse. More than 57 percent of the population is Muslim, and 48 percent of those are Sunni, 21 percent Shia, 23 percent “just Muslim,” and 4 percent Ahmadi. More than a quarter of the population is described as Christian, and a small proportion of the country’s people practice the ancestor or nature god worship of animism.

Muslims are found mainly in northern and eastern Chad, while animists and Christians live primarily in the southern areas. The country’s constitution defines the country as secular and guarantees religious freedom.

In a country where 80 percent of the people live below the poverty line, many people cannot afford education for their children, opening the way for local missionaries to provide schooling. Native ministries seek funding to open schools and provide financial support and tutoring for students at existing schools.

Local missionaries also disciple children toward the end of bringing the gospel to their parents and other relatives, as well as training them to make an impact on their co-workers and communities as adults. Church-planters proclaiming Christ to unreached peoples need assistance for Bibles, transportation, monthly support, and land for training centers and schools, as well as help for Christians persecuted for their faith.

Refugees from conflict in surrounding countries are streaming in, and local missionaries are bringing them critical aid along with the message of Christ’s salvation. Native ministries are also providing medical care to people facing daunting health problems and water wells as a means of preventing many illnesses with clean water for cooking, drinking and washing. Several income-generating projects are also in the works in the fight against poverty.

Sources: Joshua Project, CIA World Factbook, Wikipedia

16.88 million

Population

7.57%

Evangelical Population:

141

People Groups:

Unreached People Groups:

How to Pray for Chad

Pray that growing Islamist movements would not thwart or dampen efforts to expand God’s kingdom.
Pray God’s will would be done in saved souls, transformed lives, restored dignity and bright-shining communities.
Pray that churches would be strong and unified to bring glory to God’s name.

More stories from Chad

Send the Life-Changing Gospel in Chad

The son of a Muslim woman who came to faith in Christ sought to attack those who led her to the Lord – until the Savior was revealed to him as well, and he received the gift of eternal life. Native Christian workers visiting homes have planted a church in one area that has gained favor with Muslim neighbors. “The community is touched by the gospel because there is a church that was born,” the ministry leader said. “When the new converts engaged in construction for their prayer cell, the Muslim masons gave themselves to help them without asking for money.” Workers need donations to share Christ and disciple new believers. Pray God will be glorified throughout the country.

Help Care for Orphans and the Poor in Chad

Impoverished orphans and children whose parents are too poor to care for them have recovered their lives through a native ministry’s orphanage, which provides them schooling, three meals a day and health care. Another native ministry assists 100 poor, abandoned or orphaned children with education, food and medical care, in many cases also providing maize or rice for their families. Donations of $35 or $70 are sought to provide such care and other compassionate aid. Pray that the Lord would touch lives in a way that breaks the cycle of poverty.

Help Plant Biblical Churches in Chad

Over the course of three months earlier this year, native Christian workers planted several house churches as they led 72 people to Christ. “We call on God first and foremost for the salvation of unreached peoples,” the ministry leader said. “Rescue implies a danger and therefore an urgency that requires a quick and powerful response. So, the whole Body of Christ is urged to pray.” Workers are moving to other communities without churches in order to bring them the love of Christ in both food and spiritual nourishment. Donations are needed in order to share the gospel and follow up with new Christians. Pray that love among the brethren will be evident to outsiders.

Help Provide Workers’ Monthly Upkeep in Chad

People in predominantly Muslim areas are more open to the gospel as local missionaries improve their lives with clean water, health care and education, but in some areas they brace themselves against hearing the gospel after receiving such expressions of Christ’s love. “Some of them even mobilize themselves to not listen, but I want to thank God for His divine intervention in the lives of many Muslims today,” the ministry leader said. One Muslim said he had never heard that “whosoever believes in Christ will have everlasting life” and vowed to know Him better. Workers need donations of $60 or $120 for such gospel proclamation and follow-up.

Mobilize Missionaries to Reach the Lost in Chad

A 30-year-old man used to wear charms on his body for protection against evil spirits and was addicted to alcohol. Since missionaries led him to Christ, he burned his charms and stopped drinking alcohol. He invites his neighbors to join him in attending weekly discipleship classes. This man is one of many people whom missionaries with one ministry have led to Christ. They are working among more than 30 unreached people groups and, through your help, continue to expand their outreach every year. Local missionaries need donations of $60 or $120 to proclaim Christ and teach new believers how to follow Him in their daily lives. Pray for workers’ protection amid political instability and persecution.

Support Evangelism To Unreached People in Chad

With the donation last year of three new motorcycles, missionaries are now able to visit villages previously difficult to access. Through their outreach, they have begun to develop relationships with unreached people groups. Though the mission field is challenging because of the predominately Muslim communities, Christian workers have seen the fruits of their labor. One man with an addiction to alcohol was befriended by a native missionary through their shared interest in gardening. The missionary presented the gospel, and the man accepted Christ as Savior and stopped drinking alcohol. Funds are needed to help support missionaries in such evangelism. Pray for Christian workers’ perseverance to share the gospel.