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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kera of Cameroon

The Kera of Cameroon, numbering approximately 15,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an East Chadic people of northern Cameroon's Mayo-Danay and Diamare departments whose ancestors migrated from the Chari River through Mouzouk country under pressure from the Kanem and Baguirmi kingdoms, marking harvests with ritual war dances. They mostly adhere to Animism and Kera is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Kera

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Chadic
Primary Language(s): Kera (ker)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 15,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012636
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

40%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kera
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Kera Speakers

Media Resources in Kera:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Kera:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

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Or check out the Kera bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kera are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Kera:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Kera of Cameroon

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
readPsalm 51:17

Pray that those who want to achieve salvation through their works will be unsettled in their pursuit and that, with a broken spirit and contrite heart, they will trust in Christ.

So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them
readMatthew 4:24

Pray that the truth about the Lord will spread throughout the land so that many will have an opportunity to receive the good news and put their faith in Him.

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
readTitus 3:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and might struggle with temptation to trust in their own works, they will remember that it is only because of God's mercy that they have been saved.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Kera Across Countries (ROP3 - 104854) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KeraPG011382KeraChad146,000No Longer UnreachedKeraEthnoreligion
KeraPG012636KeraCameroon15,000Engaged yet UnreachedKeraAnimism

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