People group profile · PG050314
The Cameroonian Creoles of Cameroon
The Cameroonian Creoles of Cameroon, numbering about 4,390,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a multiethnic creole-speaking population of Cameroon associated with Kamtok (Cameroon Pidgin English). Their identity reflects centuries of cultural interaction and serves as a bridge across Cameroon’s many ethnic and linguistic communities.
They are an indigenous people in the Other Sub-Saharan African people cluster of the Sub-Saharan African Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Cameroon Pidgin.
Fast facts
- Country
- Cameroon
- Population
- 4,390,000
- Affinity group
- Sub-Saharan African Peoples
- People cluster
- Other Sub-Saharan African
- Primary language
- Cameroon Pidgin (wes)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- 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
- Location
- Primarily South West and North West regions; Centre and Littoral regions; Douala, Yaoundé, and other urban centers
Where they live
Gospel status
The Cameroonian Creoles 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 Cameroonian Creoles
- 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
33% adherents
Primary language
Cameroon Pidgin · Indo-European family
100% speak Cameroon Pidgin
Gospel resources in Cameroon Pidgin
- Bible available, published 2002
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Pidgin, Cameroon)
Bibles
- 2000 Bible Society of Cameroon · audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Cameroonian Creoles
- 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.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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