The Mulimba of Cameroon

The Mulimba of Cameroon, numbering approximately 4,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Sawa coastal people of Cameroon's Wouri and Dibamba river estuaries, sharing with the closely related Duala an origin tradition tracing descent from the ancestor Mbedi at Piti on the Dibamba River, and joining the annual Ngondo ancestor-festival. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Malimba is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Bantu, Northwest
Primary Language(s): Malimba (mzd)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 4,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012708
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Pray for the Mulimba of Cameroon

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

68%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Malimba
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

57%
%
Mulimba Speakers

Media Resources in Malimba:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Malimba:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Malimba bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mulimba 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 Mulimba:
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 Mulimba of Cameroon

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
readIsaiah 49:13

Thank the Lord for the people here and ask that His gospel will flow through this land to bring hope to those who are afflicted by the guilt of sin.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of host.
readJeremiah 15:16

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will find joy and delight in the Word of the Lord.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

Mulimba Across Countries (ROP3 - 106885) reported in the following countries:

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