People group profile · PG012641
The Kolbila of Cameroon
The Kolbila of Cameroon, numbering about 5,700 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a small Adamawa-language people of northern Cameroon closely related to the Samba Leko within the Pape language group, whose settlement history includes three resettlement waves in 1954, 1972, and 1976 into villages now near Faro National Park.
They are an indigenous people in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Islam, and they primarily speak Kolbila.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 5,700
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Adamawa-Ubangi
- Primary language
- Kolbila (klc)
- 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
- North region: Faro division, Bantadje canton, southeast of Poli, and east between Ngaoundéré and Garoua
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kolbila 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 Kolbila
- 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
60% adherents
Primary language
Kolbila · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Kolbila
Gospel resources in Kolbila
- Bible available, published 1986
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Kolbila
- 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.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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