The South Mofu of Cameroon

The South Mofu of Cameroon, numbering approximately 144,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Mandara Mountain people of Cameroon's Far North, also known as Mofu-Gudur, centered south of the Tsanaga River around Gudur, Mokong, and Mofou-Sud in the Mayo-Tsanaga and Diamare areas. They mostly adhere to Animism and Mofu-Gudur is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Mofu-Gudur (mif)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 144,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012786
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

75%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mofu-Gudur
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Mofu-Gudur Speakers

Media Resources in Mofu-Gudur:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Mofu-Gudur:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Or check out the Mofu-Gudur bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The South Mofu 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 South Mofu:
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 South Mofu of Cameroon

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRom 6:23

Pray that those who haven't heard yet will hear and believe that the wages of their sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia."
readRomans 16:5

Pray for houses to be meeting places for Christians and that God will advance the gospel and grow His Church through natural familial and community relationships.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
readLamentations 3:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the goodness of the Lord as they wait on Him to answer their cries for help.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Praise the God who is able to make a way forward, even when it seems impossible. Ask Him to do a new thing among this people group specifically and among the nations, raising up believers to go and share the gospel with individuals and places where it has not flourished before.

Mofu, South Across Countries (ROP3 - 109452) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

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