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

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
readJames 2:5

Pray for those living in despair to experience the riches of God's love and the hope of eternal life through faith in Christ.

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”
readRevelation 4:11

Pray that the good news will advance and people will recognize and worship the One who created all things by His will, giving glory and honor to Him alone.

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.

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

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

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

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