People group profile · PG012783
The South Gisiga of Cameroon
The South Gisiga of Cameroon, numbering about 151,000 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 Animism, and they primarily speak South Giziga.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 151,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Chadic
- Primary language
- South Giziga (giz)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- Far North region: Diamaré and Kaélé divisions, Diamare plains, southwest of Maroua
Where they live
Gospel status
The South Gisiga 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 South Gisiga
- 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
99% adherents
Primary language
South Giziga · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak South Giziga
Gospel resources in South Giziga
- Bible available, published 2011
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Giziga, South)
Bibles
- 1996 Bible Society of Cameroon · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the South Gisiga
- 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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