The Gimme of Cameroon

The Gimme of Cameroon, numbering approximately 10,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Cameroon. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Gimme is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary Language(s): Gimme (kmp)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 10,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012607
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

65%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gimme
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Gimme Speakers

Media Resources in Gimme:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Gimme:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Gimme bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Gimme 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 Gimme:
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 Gimme of Cameroon

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 8:1

Pray that God will reassure those who may be struggling with the cost of following Jesus that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.
readActs 13:48-49

Pray that the gospel will spread throughout this whole region and that many will believe and embrace the gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.

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.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Gimme Across Countries (ROP3 - 103377) reported in the following countries:

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