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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Twendi of Cameroon

The Twendi of Cameroon, numbering approximately 3,600 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Cameroon. They mostly adhere to Folk Islam and Kwanja is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Cameroon
People Cluster: Benue
Primary Language(s): Kwanja (knp)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Islam
Population: 3,600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012799
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

70%
%
Folk Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kwanja
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Kwanja Speakers

Media Resources in Kwanja:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Kwanja:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2006 Bible Society of Cameroon✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Kwanja bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Twendi 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 Twendi:
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 Twendi of Cameroon

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
readRomans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. Heal the sick in it and say to them, "the kingdom of God has come near to you."
readLuke 10:8-9

Pray that the lost will receive messengers of the gospel with joy, turn from their sins, and be healed.

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
readPsalm 32:7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that God is their hiding place and that He will preserve them in the midst of trials.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that God will bring people to faith who are excited about the eternal life they have in Christ and will want to cross cultures to share this hope with others.

Twendi Across Countries (ROP3 - 110341) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
TwendiPG012799TwendiCameroon3,600Engaged yet UnreachedKwanjaFolk Islam

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