People group profile · PG012629
The Jukun of Cameroon
The Jukun of Cameroon, numbering about 5,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Cameroonian branch of the Jukun people, heirs to the Kwararafa confederacy that ruled the Benue River valley from the 14th to 18th centuries under a priest-king called the Aku Uka, a title still held today by the ruler of Nigeria's Wukari Federation.
They are an indigenous people in the Benue people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Jukun Takum.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 5,100
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Benue
- Primary language
- Jukun Takum (jbu)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- 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 ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Location
- North West region: Menchum division, Furu-Awa subdivision, Furu-Sambari, Furu-Turuwa, and Ntjieka villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Jukun 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 Jukun
- 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
Primary language
Jukun Takum · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Jukun Takum
Gospel resources in Jukun Takum
- Bible available, published 1994
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1994 Wycliffe & Nigeria Bible Translation Trust · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Jukun
- 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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