The Fulbe-Mbororo of Central African Republic

The Fulbe-Mbororo of Central African Republic, numbering approximately 220,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a nomadic pastoralist branch of the Fulani people ranging across the Sahel grasslands of Central African Republic and neighboring Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria, following seasonal cattle-herding routes and Sunni Islam with strong folk tradition. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Nigerian Fulfulde is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Central African Republic
People Cluster: Fulani / Fulbe
Primary Language(s): Nigerian Fulfulde (fuv)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 220,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012897

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nigerian Fulfulde
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Fulfulde, Nigerian Speakers

Media Resources in Nigerian Fulfulde:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Bible Resources in Nigerian Fulfulde:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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2 entries

Or check out the Nigerian Fulfulde bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Fulbe-Mbororo 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 Fulbe-Mbororo:
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 Fulbe-Mbororo of Central African Republic

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
read1 John 1:9

Pray that God, who is faithful and just, will open the eyes of those who are lost and draw them to confess their sins and trust in Him to grant forgiveness.

As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.
readMatthew 13:23

Pray that their hearts will have good soil that receives the Word, understands it, and bears fruit for God's kingdom.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
readJohn 10:27

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hear God's voice and will have the great assurance that no one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

Fulani, Nigerian Across Countries (ROP3 - 101622) reported in the following countries:

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