Chad
Impact 2 million people with the Gospel.
Sixteen Million people live in Chad. More than two million speak something other than Chadian Arabic. They need the Bible in their language. The Chadian Gateway Language project will reach 80 unreached language groups with the Gospel.
Project Overview
Partner with unfoldingWord and the Church Growth Project of Chad (Projet Croissance des Eglises au Tchad) or PCET, a network of 22 Chadian organizations that has united to send church planters into the remaining unreached people groups in their country.
This group will translate unfoldingWord® Open Bible Stories from Chadian Arabic into ten minority languages that will impact around two million people.
Population
17,406,000
People Impacted
2,039,000
People Groups affected
80 unreached people groups
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Unprecedented Opportunity in Chad
In Chad, a formerly closed people group now hears fifteen minutes of Christian programming using Open Bible Stories every Sunday. Pray for open hearts!
August 2026
Stories from the field
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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