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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Mere of Cameroon

The Mere of Cameroon, numbering approximately 35,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Chadic-speaking Kirdi people of the Mandara Mountains foothills in Cameroon's Far North Region, closely related to the Mofu, whose ancestors retreated into the massif to resist 19th-century Fulani jihad and slave raiding. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Merey is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Mere

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Merey (meq)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 35,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012702
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Pray for the Mere of Cameroon

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

65%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Merey
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Merey Speakers

Media Resources in Merey:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Merey:

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1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mere 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 Mere:
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 Mere of Cameroon

And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
readMatthew 6:7-8

Pray that those who don't have a relationship with their Creator will come to know a God who hears their every need, freeing them from empty rituals and drawing them into a real, trusting relationship with Him.

For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.
readMalachi 1:11

Pray that they will worship God in spirit and truth, offering Him the sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving that He desires.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
readPhilippians 3:20-21

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember their citizenship is in heaven.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
readMatthew 28:19-20

Ask God to bring people among this group to faith in Jesus who will be obedient to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to obey all that Christ has commanded.

Mere Across Countries (ROP3 - 106558) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MerePG012702MereCameroon35,500No Longer UnreachedMereyFolk Islam

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