People group profile · PG012310
The Cabe of Benin
The Cabe of Benin, numbering about 4,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Yoruba-related people of Benin speaking Cabe, one of the Ede-language dialects alongside Ohori, Isha, and Kura, maintaining close cultural and linguistic ties with the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria.
They are an indigenous people in the Yoruba people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Ede Cabe.
Fast facts
- Country
- Benin
- Population
- 4,900
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Yoruba
- Primary language
- Ede Cabe (cbj)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Cabe are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Cabe
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
90% adherents
Primary language
Ede Cabe · Atlantic-Congo family
99% speak Ede Cabe
Gospel resources in Ede Cabe
- Bible available, published -
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Cabe
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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