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The Bamileke-Tchang of Cameroon

The Bamileke-Tchang of Cameroon, numbering approximately 734,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Bamileke people of Dschang and the Menoua division in Cameroon's Grassfields, tracing origin through the Tikar dynasty founded with help from the Mbum princess Wouten before a seventeenth-century migration fleeing Chamba and Fulani pressure. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Yemba is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Bemileke-Tchang

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke
Primary Language(s): Yemba (ybb)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 734,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012515
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Yemba
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Yemba Speakers

Media Resources in Yemba:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Yemba:

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1 entry

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bamileke-Tchang 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 Bamileke-Tchang:
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 Bamileke-Tchang of Cameroon

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost among them will look to the One lifted up on the cross, believing in Him and receiving eternal life.

All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.
readPsalm 66:4

Pray that the good news of Jesus will advance here and that many will bow down and sing praises to His name.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
readPsalm 51:15

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will abide in Him, and God will help them to proclaim His praise and declare His goodness all day long.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
readRomans 1:16

Pray that God will raise up sons and daughters who, like Paul, will be bold to share the gospel across cultural barriers so that many might receive salvation.

Bamileke-Tchang Across Countries (ROP3 - 100937) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Bamileke-TchangPG012515Bamileke-TchangCameroon734,000Engaged yet UnreachedYembaProtestantism

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