People group profile · PG012807
The Wom of Cameroon
The Wom of Cameroon, numbering about 65,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Adamawa-Ubangi ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Adamawa state of Nigeria.
They are a diaspora people in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Wom (Nigeria).
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 65,500
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Adamawa-Ubangi
- Primary language
- Wom (Nigeria) (wom)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Middle Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Wom are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Wom
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
50% adherents
Primary language
Wom (Nigeria) · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Wom (Nigeria)
Gospel resources in Wom (Nigeria)
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Wom
- 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.
Wom in other countries
The same people (ROP3 110859) is reported in 1 other country.
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