People group profile · PG012727
The Ndoola of Cameroon
The Ndoola of Cameroon, numbering about 4,400 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the wider Mambila people of Cameroon's Adamaoua Region, also called Njoyame, speaking a Mambiloid language related to Mambila, Vute, and Kwanja around the Mambila Plateau.
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 Ndoola.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 4,400
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Benue
- Primary language
- Ndoola (ndr)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ndoola 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 Ndoola
- 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
74% adherents
Primary language
Ndoola · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Ndoola
Gospel resources in Ndoola
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Ndola)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ndoola
- 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.
Ndoola in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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