People group profile · PG012774
The Podoko of Cameroon
The Podoko of Cameroon, numbering about 74,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Mandara Mountains people of Cameroon's Mora area whose ancestors, per neighboring Dughwede and Guduf oral tradition, once held nearby Gwoza Hills land before being displaced into the densely settled Parekwa massifs as a slave-raid refuge.
They are an indigenous people in the Chadic people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Parkwa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 74,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Chadic
- Primary language
- Parkwa (pbi)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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: Mayo-Sava division, Mora subdivision, west and southwest of Mora
Where they live
Gospel status
The Podoko 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 Podoko
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
90% adherents
Primary language
Parkwa · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Parkwa
Gospel resources in Parkwa
- Bible available, published 2011
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- 1992 Wycliffe · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Podoko
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- 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.
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