The Ewondo of Cameroon

The Ewondo of Cameroon, numbering approximately 2,105,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Beti-Pahuin people whose name gave Cameroon's capital Yaounde its own, driven north from the Sanaga River basin by Vute and Fulbe pressure before serving as colonial trade middlemen and later resisting forced labor under German and French rule. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Ewondo is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Congo
Primary Language(s): Ewondo (ewo)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 2,105,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012592
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ewondo
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Ewondo Speakers

Media Resources in Ewondo:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Ewondo:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2012 Bible Society of Cameroon✓

1 entry

Or check out the Ewondo bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Ewondo 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 Ewondo:
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 Ewondo of Cameroon

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
read1 John 1:9

Pray that God, who is faithful and just, will open the eyes of those who are lost and draw them to confess their sins and trust in Him to grant forgiveness.

“I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ to a nation that was not called by my name."
readIsaiah 65:1

Pray that the lost will be found by God, even when they are not seeking Him. Pray that He will reveal Himself to them in a way they cannot ignore and that they will respond in faith.

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
read1 Corinthians 9:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hearts that want to serve the lost around them so that many might come to faith in Jesus.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
readActs 17:30

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will boldly and lovingly declare that God commands all people everywhere to repent.

Ewondo Across Countries (ROP3 - 102975) reported in the following countries:

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