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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kamwe of Nigeria

The Kamwe of Nigeria, numbering approximately 690,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a Chadic ethnic group indigenous to the Adamawa and Borno states in Nigeria They are an Indigenous people, with Kamwe as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Chadic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Kamwe.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Nigeria
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Kamwe (hig)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 690,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG013901
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

49%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kamwe
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Kamwe Speakers

Media Resources in Kamwe:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Kamwe:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1997 Bible League Intl.✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Kamwe bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kamwe are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Kamwe:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Kamwe of Nigeria

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
readRevelation 3:20

Pray that those who have not opened their hearts to Jesus will hear His knock and invite Him in as their Savior and Lord.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia."
readRomans 16:5

Pray for houses to be meeting places for Christians and that God will advance the gospel and grow His Church through natural familial and community relationships.

Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.
readPsalm 34:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will see themselves as God sees them, with radiant faces and hearts that have been cleansed of all shame.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
read1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Pray that God will raise up believers to go to the lost and faithfully proclaim the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection so that all may have an opportunity to access and believe.

Kamwe Across Countries (ROP3 - 104546) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KamwePG013901KamweNigeria690,000No Longer UnreachedKamweEthnoreligion
KamwePG012632KamweCameroon12,500Engaged yet UnreachedKamweAnimism

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