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People group profile · PG014005

The Mumbake of Nigeria

The Mumbake of Nigeria, numbering about 21,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an indigenous community of Cameroon and Nigeria.

They are an indigenous people in the Adamawa-Ubangi people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Nyong.

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Fast facts

Country
Nigeria
Population
21,500
Affinity group
Sub-Saharan African Peoples
People cluster
Adamawa-Ubangi
Primary language
Nyong (muo)
Primary religion
Ethnoreligion
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
Location
Adamawa: Mayo Belwa LGA; Taraba: Zing LGA. 6 villages

Where they live

Gospel status

The Mumbake 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 Mumbake

  • 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

Ethnoreligion

55% adherents

Primary language

Nyong · Atlantic-Congo family

100% speak Nyong

Gospel resources in Nyong

  • Bible not available
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources not available
  • Bible stories not available

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Mumbake

  1. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  2. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  3. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  4. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.

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Mumbake in other countries

The same people is also reported in 1 other country.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
MubakoCameroon67,500Engaged yet Unreached

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