Capital City: N'Djamena
Year of Independence: 1960
Area: 1.284 million sq km
Arable Land: 2.8%
Population: 10,111,337
Median Age: 16.4 years
Population Growth Rate: 2.195%
Infant Mortality: 100.36 deaths/1,000 live births
Life Expectancy at Birth: 47.43 years
Literacy Rate: 25.7%
Ethnic Groups: Sara 27.7%, Arab 12.3%, Mayo-Kebbi 11.5%, Kanem-Bornou 9%, Ouaddai 8.7%, Hadjarai 6.7%, Tandjile 6.5%, Gorane 6.3%, Fitri-Batha 4.7%, other 6.4%, unknown 0.3%
Religions: Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1%
Languages:French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in the south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
VCP Statistics as of June 2011:
Members - 47,445
Churches - 777
Training Centers - 27
Coordinator: Philippe Bessengué Dorum
Philippe and his wife, Koumadebeng Rahama, have five children. He is the country coordinator for the VCP program in Chad, and has been a part of the Into Africa Project since April 2005.
As of early 2009, the Into Africa Project in Chad had 14 training centers with 14 trainers, 295 church planters, and 279 planted churches. See above for recent country statistics.
Subjects of Prayer
- For the spiritual growth and stability of new believers in Christ.
- For spiritual and physical protection as trainers and village pastors travel to various meetings during the year.
- For the continued expansion of the ministry into new, challenging areas of Chad.
- For local denominations to understand the nature of the village church planting ministry.
