People group profile · PG012543
The Biba-Befang of Cameroon
The Biba-Befang of Cameroon, numbering about 6,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of northwestern Cameroon who speak Befang, a Benue-Congo language. They inhabit the Menchum Valley and maintain cultural traditions shaped by agriculture, palm oil production, local chieftaincy institutions, and kinship ties.
They are an indigenous people in the Benue people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Befang.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 6,200
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Benue
- Primary language
- Befang (bby)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Location
- North West region: Menchum division, Wum dubdivision, Befang area; Mezam division, Tuba subdivision
Where they live
Gospel status
The Biba-Befang are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Biba-Befang
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Befang · Atlantic-Congo family
57% speak Befang
Gospel resources in Befang
- 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 Biba-Befang
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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