People group profile · PG012605
The Gidar of Cameroon
The Gidar of Cameroon, numbering about 182,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Cameroon.
They are an indigenous people in the Chadic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam, and they primarily speak Gidar.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 182,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Chadic
- Primary language
- Gidar (gid)
- Primary religion
- Folk Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Location
- Far North region: a small section of Diamaré division; North region: Mayo- Louti division, Figuil and Guider subdivisions
Where they live
Gospel status
The Gidar are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Gidar
- 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
Folk Islam · Islam
70% adherents
Primary language
Gidar · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Gidar
Gospel resources in Gidar
- Bible available, published -
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1985 Bible Society of Cameroon · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Gidar
- 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.
Gidar in other countries
The same people (ROP3 103359) is reported in 1 other country.
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