People group profile · PG012747
The Noni of Cameroon
The Noni of Cameroon, numbering about 69,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a people of Cameroon's Bui Division centered on the villages of Djottin, Din, Dom, Nkor, Lassin, and Mbinon in the Noni Subdivision, whose Nooni language committee formally adopted a standardized alphabet in 1992.
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 Noone.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 69,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Benue
- Primary language
- Noone (nhu)
- 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
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
- Location
- North West region: Bui division, northwest Kumbo subdivision
Where they live
Gospel status
The Noni 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 Noni
- 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
Primary language
Noone · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Noone
Gospel resources in Noone
- Bible available, published 2017
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Noone)
Bibles
- 2011 Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc. · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Noni
- 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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