People group profile · PG013728
The Cross River Mbembe of Nigeria
The Cross River Mbembe of Nigeria, numbering about 277,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Cross River people of Nigeria organized into the Adun, Osopong, Okum and Ofunbonga clans along the middle Cross River, following a double-descent system inheriting land patrilineally and movable property matrilineally.
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 Cross River Mbembe.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nigeria
- Population
- 277,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Benue
- Primary language
- Cross River Mbembe (mfn)
- 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
- Western Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Cross River Mbembe 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 Cross River Mbembe
- 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
Cross River Mbembe · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Cross River Mbembe
Gospel resources in Cross River Mbembe
- Bible available, published 2013
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mbembe, Cross River)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Cross River Mbembe
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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