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The Ngumba of Cameroon

The Ngumba of Cameroon, numbering approximately 29,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Bantu people of southern Cameroon who call themselves Mvumbo, originating in eastern Cameroon and now centered in the Ocean Department near Kribi and Lolodorf. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Kwasio 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): Kwasio (nmg)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 29,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012739
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Pray for the Ngumba of Cameroon

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kwasio
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Kwasio Speakers

Media Resources in Kwasio:

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Bible Resources in Kwasio:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ngumba 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 Ngumba:
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 Ngumba of Cameroon

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
readLuke 12:7

Pray that those who don't yet know how to trust in Jesus will not be consumed by worry and anxiety, but will trust in the Father's care and provision for their daily needs and for their eternal salvation

If I ascend to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
readPsalm 139:8

Pray that the lost will recognize God's presence with them wherever they go, put their faith in Christ, and seek to live in a way that honors and glorifies Him.

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
readRomans 5:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the hope of glory and be in awe of God's mercy that gives them access to Him through faith.

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
readPsalm 105:2

Pray for God to saturate this place with the gospel and raise up believing men and women from among them to share the good news of Christ with those who have yet to encounter it.

Ngumba Across Countries (ROP3 - 107287) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
NgumbaPG012739NgumbaCameroon29,000No Longer UnreachedKwasioEthnoreligion
NgumbaPG013169NgumbaEquatorial Guinea29,500Unengaged and UnreachedKwasioProtestantism

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