Mesmedje in Chad people group profile

Mesmedje in Chad

The Mesmedje have only been reported in Chad

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Population

91,000

Main Language

Masmaje

Largest Religion

Islam 99.99%

Christian

0.01%

Evangelical

0.01%

Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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City Symbol	City Population ▲	City Type
	1 Less than 10,000
	1 Less than 10,000	Province capital
	2 10,000 to 75,000
	2 10,000 to 75,000	Province capital
	3 75,000 to 200,000
	3 75,000 to 200,000	Province capital
	4 200,000 to 750,000
	4 200,000 to 750,000	Province capital
	5 750,000 to 2 million
	5 750,000 to 2 million	Province capital
	6 Greater than 2 million
	6 Greater than 2 million	Province capital
	7 Less than 200,000	National capital (3 sizes)
	8 Greater than 200,000	National capital (3 sizes)

Cities are selected for reference. Many populated places do not appear for the sake of clarity. Maps feature larger, potential "gateway" cities related to each people group.

Lines	Description
Blue	Rivers
Gray solid	Country borders
White solid	State / Province borders
Gray dashed	District borders

Sources: People Group location: IMB. Map geography: ESRI / GMI. Map design: Joshua Project.

Introduction / History

Mesmedje is a place in Chad, a language, and a people group that is part of the larger "Chadic" people group cluster. We know very little about the history of the Mesmedje people.

Where Are they Located?

The Mesmedje people are only found in Chad, central Africa.

What Are Their Lives Like?

They are mostly small farmers, laborers, or nomadic herdsmen.

What Are Their Beliefs?

The Mesmedje people are Muslims, but they are divided into several sects. To complicate things further, they blend their traditional religion with Islam.

Prayer Points

Pray that they eyes of their hearts will be open to Jesus Christ and His ways.
Pray for believers to produce skits, plays, songs, and other oral materials to share the gospel with them.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to draw hundreds of Mesmedje people to His side, and inspire them to begin a disciple making movement throughout Chad.
Pray for the Lord to reach the Mesmedje people of Chad through dreams and visions.

Scripture Prayers for the Mesmedje in Chad.

References

http://www.peoplegroups.org/Explore/GroupDetails.aspx?peid=11415
https://books.google.com/books?id=MdaAdBC-_S4C&pg=PA393&lpg=PA393&dq=Mesmedje+people+of+Chad&source=bl&ots=dObKmHte8R&sig=UCyR-0gDdH8mwnBWoqvaxZbSHtM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjG0o-CpabOAhUO02MKHQouAqQQ6AEIKjAD#v=onepage&q=Mesmedje%20people%20of%20Chad&f=false

Profile Source: Global Prayer Digest

Major Religion ▲	Percent
Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity (Evangelical 0.01 %)	0.01 %
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	99.99 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Major Religion ▲

Percent

Buddhism

0.00 %

Christianity (Evangelical 0.01 %)

0.01 %

0.00 %

0.00 %

99.99 %

0.00 %

0.00 %

0.00 %

Resource Type ▲	Resource Name	Source
None reported

Resource Type ▲

Resource Name

Source

None reported

People Name General	Mesmedje
People Name in Country	Mesmedje
Alternate Names	Masmaje
Population this Country	91,000
Population all Countries	91,000
Total Countries	1
Indigenous	Yes
Progress Scale	1 ●
Unreached	Yes
Frontier People Group	Yes
GSEC	0 (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed	2
PeopleID3	13691
ROP3 Code	106566

Affinity Bloc	Sub-Saharan Peoples
People Cluster	Chadic
People Group	Mesmedje
Ethnic Code	NAB60b

Country	Chad
Region	Africa, West and Central
Continent	Africa
10/40 Window	Yes
Persecution Rank	Not ranked
Location in Country	Batha region: Batha Est department, Oum Hadjer subprefecture, southwest of Oum Hadjer, north of Mubi [mub] language area. Source: Ethnologue 2016

Country	Chad
Region	Africa, West and Central
Continent	Africa
10/40 Window	Yes
Persecution Rank	Not ranked
Location in Country	Batha region: Batha Est department, Oum Hadjer subprefecture, southwest of Oum Hadjer, north of Mubi [mub] language area.. Source: Ethnologue 2016

Primary Language	Masmaje (91,000 speakers)
Language Code	mes Ethnologue Listing
Language Written	Unknown
Total Languages	1

Map Source	People Group location: IMB. Map geography: ESRI / GMI. Map design: Joshua Project.
Profile Source	Global Prayer Digest
Data Sources	Data is compiled from various sources. Learn more.