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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Mumuye of Cameroon

The Mumuye of Cameroon, numbering approximately 15,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Nigeria. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Mumuye is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Mumuye (mzm)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 15,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012710
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Pray for the Mumuye of Cameroon

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

15%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mumuye
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Mumuye Speakers

Media Resources in Mumuye:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Mumuye:

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1 entry

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Or check out the Mumuye bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Mumuye are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Mumuye:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Mumuye of Cameroon

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
readRomans 11:22

Pray that God will transform those who persist in unbelief and, in His everlasting kindness, graft them into His family.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

As mobile phones, radio, and satellite television, and other technologies become more available worldwide, pray for people who are developing digital gospel resources so that others can easily access the gospel.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
readPsalm 22:27

Pray that all families of the nations will worship the Lord in spirit and in truth.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

Mumuye Across Countries (ROP3 - 106891) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MumuyePG014006MumuyeNigeria908,000No Longer UnreachedMumuyeAnimism
MumuyePG012710MumuyeCameroon15,500Engaged yet UnreachedMumuyeFolk Islam

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