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The Wuzlam of Cameroon

The Wuzlam of Cameroon, numbering approximately 35,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Indigenous people who live in the Mandara Mountains of northern Cameroon, specifically in the Wuzlam Massif, within the Mayo-Ouldémé canton, Tokombéré arrondissement, Mayo-Sava Division, Far North Region. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Wuzlam is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Wuzlam (udl)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni 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: PG012808
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

65%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Wuzlam
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Wuzlam Speakers

Media Resources in Wuzlam:

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Bible Resources in Wuzlam:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Wuzlam 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 Wuzlam:
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 Wuzlam of Cameroon

The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.
readPsalm 6:9

Pray that lost people will hear the gospel and place their faith in Christ, knowing that He hears their plea and accepts their prayer.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray for the gospel to advance and for more people to be brought into God's family through the reconciliation Jesus offers them.

For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
read1 Corinthians 9:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hearts that want to serve the lost around them so that many might come to faith in Jesus.

The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
readJohn 1:35-36

Pray for those God sends to cross cultures to share the gospel, that they might faithfully share the good news of the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

Wuzlam Across Countries (ROP3 - 110883) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
WuzlamPG012808WuzlamCameroon35,500No Longer UnreachedWuzlamSunni Islam

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