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The Gidar of Cameroon

The Gidar of Cameroon, numbering approximately 182,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous Chadic people of northern Cameroon, also known as Guidar, centered in Mayo-Louti around Guider and extending into neighboring areas. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Gidar is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Gidar (gid)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 182,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012605
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Pray for the Gidar of Cameroon

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

70%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gidar
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Gidar Speakers

Media Resources in Gidar:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Gidar:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1985 Bible Society of Cameroon✓

1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Gidar 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 Gidar:
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 Gidar of Cameroon

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
readRomans 5:7-8

Pray for the many who don't yet understand the hope of the gospel, and pray that God will reveal to them that while they were in darkness, Christ died for them.

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

As mobile phones, radio, and satellite television, and other technologies become more available worldwide, pray for people who are developing digital gospel resources so that others can easily access the gospel.

For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.
readRomans 10:12

Pray that as people from different backgrounds place their faith in Christ, they will be unified by their faith Him.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
readEphesians 6:10

Ask God to strengthen believers with His mighty power so that as they cross cultures to share the gospel, they will stand firm against the schemes of the enemy.

Gidar Across Countries (ROP3 - 103359) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GidarPG012605GidarCameroon182,000No Longer UnreachedGidarFolk Islam
GidarPG011351GidarChad38,500No Longer UnreachedGidarAnimism

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