The Dugwor of Cameroon

The Dugwor of Cameroon, numbering approximately 10,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a mountain-refuge subgroup of the Mofu ethnic cluster in Cameroon's Mandara Mountains, inhabiting the Dugwor and Mekeri massifs and the adjacent Tchakidjeke plain in the Far North Region. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Dugwor is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Dugwor (dme)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 10,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012581
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

45%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dugwor
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Dugwor Speakers

Media Resources in Dugwor:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Dugwor:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Dugwor 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 Dugwor:
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 Dugwor of Cameroon

But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven"
readMatthew 9:14

Pray that those who are spiritually dead will recognize their need for spiritual nourishment and turn to the One who offers true fulfillment.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that the gospel will advance among those who don’t know the good news of salvation in Jesus so that they might believe and trust in Jesus.

"And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you"...And the King will answer them, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
readMatthew 25:38-40

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and serve others in faithfulness to Him, they will know that by serving others, they are serving Jesus, who is present with them.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Ask God to raise up people who will trust in His sovereignty as they share the gospel, knowing that it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.

Dugwor Across Countries (ROP3 - 102750) reported in the following countries:

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