Category: Chad
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Breaching a 500-Year-Old Barrier
For 500 years, the Cilasi (pseudonym) people have fished, farmed, and hunted around Lake Chad. Having descended from some of the first Muslims to enter the country, their roots run deep in that way of life, and they tolerate little else. They listen to little else. But because of our generous partners, that is changing.…
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Jeremiah and the Occult King
When Jeremiah* first heard that his Chadian church-planting network needed his help translating unfoldingWord® Open Bible Stories (OBS), he was skeptical. “I thought Bible stories were for children, like the stories Grandma and Grandpa told around the fire.” But when he first read Open Bible Stories, he thought, “This is brilliant! It tells the whole…
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The Market Evangelist
Christian* slung his satchel over his shoulder, swung his leg over his bike, and pedaled off for another day of evangelism and outreach in the market. His faith and dedication to reaching his Chadian neighbors had not waned, but he had been frustrated at the tepid response to the gospel. *Pseudonym Chad has 80 distinct…
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Like nothing we’ve ever used
Following an Open Bible Stories community check in Chad, the local imam made an astounding comment, declaring, “If any Muslim says that Jesus is not the savior, he is not a real Muslim, and he should be stoned!” One of our Chadian Bible translation partners was there that day. He explained that, initially, teenagers were…