The Republic of Chad lies just across the northern border of the Central African Republic. Jake and Freda Kliever began their ministry in the CAR in 1937, but moved into Chad in 1966, where they served as the pioneer missionaries for ten years.
This move was later duplicated by several other families at various periods of time. The Chadians were very open to the Gospel, and churches quickly began to be planted in the villages and cities of the southern part of the country. Without exception these churches were led by the Chadian pastors.
Chad is an extraordinary example of what an African can accomplish when he is filled with the desire to be used of the Lord. In 1998 a training institute was held at the Chateau of Saint Albain for African pastors. Traveling with them was a layman, a builder by trade. The pastors said that he could sit in the library while they took their classes, but of course he was invited to all the courses; the subject was church-planting. After three weeks of studies, he returned to his country, built what he called his Chateau, and began to train evangelists and send them out.
Not only were hundreds of new churches planted throughout Chad, but he also sent evangelists to Nigeria as well as to Cameroon. He was on his way to evangelize Libya when, because of a breakdown in the Sahara desert, he later died. Dadjé Samuel will always be remembered as perhaps the most outstanding pioneer of Brethren missions.
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