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The Wimbum of Cameroon

The Wimbum of Cameroon, numbering approximately 248,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Cameroon. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Limbum is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Wimbum

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke
Primary Language(s): Limbum (lmp)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 248,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012754
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Limbum
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Limbum Speakers

Media Resources in Limbum:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Limbum:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2003 Bible Society of Cameroon✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Limbum bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Wimbum 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 Wimbum:
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 Wimbum of Cameroon

"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
readJohn 8:32

Pray for those who live enslaved to sin to hear and receive the truth of the gospel and be set free.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 3:23

Pray that the gospel will advance and many will acknowledge that all have sinned, fall short of God's glory, and need a Savior to reconcile them to God.

Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
readHebrews 10:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will not neglect meeting together but encourage one another as they see the Day approaching.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
readActs 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

Wimbum Across Countries (ROP3 - 107486) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
WimbumPG012754WimbumCameroon248,000No Longer UnreachedLimbumProtestantism

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