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The Belip of Cameroon

The Belip of Cameroon, numbering approximately 22,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Bantu people of Cameroon's Center Province known by several alternate names, including Belibi, Central Yambassa, Libie, and Nulibie, settled in Mbam Division's Elip Canton along the Mbam and Sanaga rivers in the Yambasa area. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Elip is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Bantu, Northwest
Primary Language(s): Elip (ekm)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 22,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012538
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Pray for the Belip of Cameroon

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Elip
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Nulibie Speakers

Media Resources in Elip:

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Bible Resources in Elip:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Belip 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 Belip:
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 Belip of Cameroon

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
readProverbs 4:19

Pray that lost people will accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
readIsaiah 30:21

As the lost in this people group seek to know the truth of who God is, pray that the Spirit of God will draw them to Himself and guide them in the way they should go.

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
readActs 4:31

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be filled with the Holy Spirit and speak God's Word with boldness, sharing the love of Jesus with those around them.

He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.
readJohn 1:7

Pray that God will raise up witnesses to testify about Jesus so that all might believe, knowing that He is light and in Him there is no darkness at all.

Belip Across Countries (ROP3 - 101236) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BelipPG012538BelipCameroon22,000Engaged yet UnreachedElipProtestantism

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