People group profile · PG012691
The Mboku of Cameroon
The Mboku of Cameroon, numbering about 27,500 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 Mbuko.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 27,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Chadic
- Primary language
- Mbuko (mqb)
- Primary religion
- Folk Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Location
- Far North region: Diamaré division, Meri subdivision, Mbuko massif and neighboring Mayo-Rey plain east of Meri
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mboku are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Mboku
- 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
40% adherents
Primary language
Mbuko · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Mbuko
Gospel resources in Mbuko
- Bible available, published 2019
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mbuko)
Bibles
- 2010 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mboku
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
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