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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Bum of Cameroon

The Bum of Cameroon, numbering approximately 43,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Grassfields fondom of Cameroon's Northwest Region tracing descent, like many neighboring chiefdoms, to Tikar migrants said to have moved from the Nile Valley into the Bamenda highlands, ruled by a fon through patrilineal succession. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Bum is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Bum

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Bantu, Cameroon-Bamileke
Primary Language(s): Bum (bmv)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 43,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG012559
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Pray for the Bum of Cameroon

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bum
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Bum Speakers

Media Resources in Bum:

Films:
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1 film

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Bible Resources in Bum:

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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Bum are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Bum:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Bum of Cameroon

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
readIsaiah 53:6

Pray that those who have wandered far from God will be drawn back to Him, recognizing their need for a Savior and finding forgiveness and new life in Christ.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:5

While there are many who do not yet praise God, pray that He will work in their lives, advance the gospel among them, and bring many to saving faith in Christ.

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 8:38-39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence in their salvation, knowing that nothing can separate them from the One who conquered death and loves them as His children.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
read1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Pray that God will raise up believers to go to the lost and faithfully proclaim the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection so that all may have an opportunity to access and believe.

Bum Across Countries (ROP3 - 101734) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BumPG012559BumCameroon43,000No Longer UnreachedBumProtestantism

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