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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Wawa of Cameroon

The Wawa of Cameroon, numbering approximately 8,200 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Cameroon. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Wawa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Wawa (www)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 8,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012803
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

91%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Wawa
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Wawa Speakers

Media Resources in Wawa:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Wawa:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Wawa 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 Wawa:
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 Wawa of Cameroon

Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!
readPsalm 30:10

Pray that people in the depths of despair and suffering and living outside of relationship with Christ will cry out to the Lord and find help, peace, and joy in Him.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise).
readEphesians 6:1-2

Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken.
readIsaiah 25:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the hope of the Lord's coming, when He will swallow up death forever and wipe away their tears.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Ask God to raise up people who will trust in His sovereignty as they share the gospel, knowing that it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.

Wawa Across Countries (ROP3 - 110727) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
WawaPG012803WawaCameroon8,200Engaged yet UnreachedWawaFolk Islam

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