AFWIS Joins Operation World in Prayer for the Republic of Chad

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Apr 03: Chad

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Chad

Republic of Chad

Africa

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Geography

Area: 1,284,000 sq km
Desert in the north, dry grassland in centre, thick bush in the south. The sea is 1,000 km distant.
Population: 11,506,130    Annual Growth: 2.81%
Capital: N'djamena
Urbanites: 27.6%
HDI Rank: 175 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 141 (51% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: French (only spoken by the educated), Arabic (perhaps 30% of Arabic speakers are fluent)    Languages: 133 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Muslim

Religion		Pop %	Ann Gr
Christians	4,425,258	38.46	3.2
Evangelicals	1,161,358	10.1	3.2
Muslim	6,079,839	52.84

Prayercast

Challenges for Prayer

Ministry to young people. Only larger urban churches have much ministry specifically for young people. Many Christian students are affiliated with Union des Jeunes Chrétiens (UJC/IFES), which has groups in two universities and 60 high schools. UJC has been used to pioneer student movements in many other Francophone African countries. CCCI is very active in Chad, as are SU, the Navigators and independent evangelists, ministering to both young people and students. The great need is for suitable literature, disciplers and trainers of leaders.
Missionary work continues despite the upheavals of the last three decades. Great needs remain for missions to continue and grow in the areas of church planting, evangelism, Bible translation, Bible teaching, leadership development and holistic ministry that will uplift and enable the national Church. Pray for missionaries with a pioneer spirit, perseverance in language and culture acquisition, and endurance to minister in hard places.
a) Foreign missions. The main groups work together under the EET Church in an organization called COCOAM. Present member missions: TEAM, WEC, AMI, Vision Africa, AIM, MEDAF. Other missions include WBT, Frontiers, MAF (with two planes), EMET and IMB. Numbers of workers have declined in almost every agency; pray that this may be offset by the emergence of Chadian workers meeting the needs rather than those needs going unaddressed. There are many needs and opportunities: Bible translation, radio, HIV/AIDS education, leadership training, preaching, administration, evangelism, community health education, women’s ministry and a vernacular Bible school, just to name a few.
b) Indigenous missions. A small but growing number of Chadian missionaries are involved in pioneer church planting and Bible translation. The Centre de Formation Missionnaire (CFM) exists to prepare Chadians for cross-cultural mission. Pray for such centres to increase; pray for the students’ provision and training. SMEET is the national mission agency that is part of the EET. YWAM has a training centre for Chadians wishing to become missionaries. There is encouraging vision in Chad’s churches to send out workers; the greatest challenge is for these missionaries to remain focused on cross-cultural mission rather than to become pastors of groups of Christians from southern Chad.
     For an additional 7 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

More Information

The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Chad.