People group profile · PG012671
The Mambila of Cameroon
The Mambila of Cameroon, numbering about 74,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indigenous people primarily inhabiting the Ndòm (northern Tikar) Plain, including villages like New Nàmba and areas near Jiini‑Nyalang‑Langa and Nyorrong-Lii-Ngùum.
They are an indigenous people in the Benue people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Cameroon Mambila.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 74,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Benue
- Primary language
- Cameroon Mambila (mcu)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Ba
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Location
- Adamawa region: northwest Mayo-Banyo division, Banyo and Bankim subdivisions on Nigeria border; North West region: eastern Donga-Mantung division
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mambila are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Mambila
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
50% adherents
Primary language
Cameroon Mambila · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Cameroon Mambila
Gospel resources in Cameroon Mambila
- Bible available, published 2006
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 2001 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mambila
- 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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