People group profile · PG012656
The Kutep of Cameroon
The Kutep of Cameroon, numbering about 4,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Jukunoid-speaking people known as Kuteb across the border in Nigeria's Taraba State, tracing oral tradition to a migration from Egypt around 1000 AD, with a smaller community settled in Cameroon.
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 Kutep.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 4,200
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Benue
- Primary language
- Kutep (kub)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- 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
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kutep 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 Kutep
- 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
72% adherents
Primary language
Kutep · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Kutep
Gospel resources in Kutep
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Kuteb)
Bibles
- 1995 Bible League Intl. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Kutep
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
Kutep in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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