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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kamwe of Nigeria

The Kamwe of Nigeria, numbering approximately 691,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Chadic ethnic group indigenous to the Adamawa and Borno states in Nigeria. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Kamwe is their primary language.

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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: 691,000
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

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
readIsaiah 48:11

Pray that those who have been living for their own glory will turn to the One who is worthy of all praise and find their true identity in Him.

Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. Heal the sick in it and say to them, "the kingdom of God has come near to you."
readLuke 10:8-9

Pray that the lost will receive messengers of the gospel with joy, turn from their sins, and be healed.

For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.
readMatthew 18:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be encouraged as they remember that Jesus is with them when they gather in His name.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KamwePG012632KamweCameroon12,500Engaged yet UnreachedKamweAnimism
KamwePG013901KamweNigeria691,000No Longer UnreachedKamweEthnoreligion

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