People group profile · PG012801
The Vere of Cameroon
The Vere of Cameroon, numbering about 13,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Duru-Verre people of Cameroon numbering some 12,500, whose pre-19th century lineage-based society was later integrated into the hierarchical Adamawa emirate system while retaining its own language, known also as Kobo or Mom Jango.
They are an indigenous people in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Mom Jango.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 13,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Adamawa-Ubangi
- Primary language
- Mom Jango (ver)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Vere are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Vere
- 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
50% adherents
Primary language
Mom Jango · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Mom Jango
Gospel resources in Mom Jango
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Verre)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Vere
- 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.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
Vere in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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