People group profile · PG012501
The Bamali of Cameroon
The Bamali of Cameroon, numbering about 17,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Grassfields chiefdom of Cameroon's Ngoketunjia division founded, according to tradition, by Byiae, one of five children of the ancestor Mangeh whose siblings founded the neighboring villages of Bambalang, Bamunka, Bafanji, and Bamunkumbit.
They are an indigenous people in the Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Bamali.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 17,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke
- Primary language
- Bamali (bbq)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Location
- North West region: Ngo-Ketunjia division, Ndop subdivision, southwest of Ndop town, on Ndop plain
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bamali are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Bamali
- 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
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Bamali · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Bamali
Gospel resources in Bamali
- Bible available, published 2014
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Bamali
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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