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People group profile · PG012507

The Bamileke Ndanda of Cameroon

The Bamileke Ndanda of Cameroon, numbering about 26,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Cameroon.

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 Nda'nda'.

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Fast facts

Country
Cameroon
Population
26,500
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke
Primary language
Nda'nda' (nnz)
Primary religion
Protestantism
Strategic Progress Index ?
Engaged yet Unreached
Evangelical
Less than 2%
GSEC ?
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority ?
Pioneer Unreached People Group
Region
Middle Africa, Africa
Location
Littoral region: Nkam division; West region: Mifi and Ndé divisions straddling Upper Nkam east of Bana

Where they live

Gospel status

The Bamileke Ndanda 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 Bamileke Ndanda

  • 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

Nda'nda' · Atlantic-Congo family

100% speak Nda'nda'

Gospel resources in Nda'nda'

  • Bible not available
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources not available
  • Bible stories not available

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Bamileke Ndanda

  1. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  2. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  3. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  4. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.

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