Cameroon
Pioneer LB missionaries arrived in Cameroon in 1920. By God's grace, churches were planted among animistic people groups and now the Cameroonian church is quite large. The national church has matured and become independent of support from LBIM, and has even begun sending cross-cultural missionaries to spread the gospel in the African country of Mali.
LBIM does not currently have any missionaries here, but there is a need for three couples or individuals to work with unreached Muslim people groups in Cameroon.
Cameroon 2008
A short-term mission team from North America went to Garoua, Cameroon this November to assist the Cameroonian church in evangelism and church planting. Teams of North Americans and Cameroonians of three to four went through the target neighborhoods sharing the good news of Jesus Christ and sharing about a new congregation being started in the neighborhood. Along the way they had the incredible opportunity to worship and fellowship with workers from the LB church in Cameroon and share in the spiritual refreshment.
data: Operation World (21st edition), Patrick Johnstone and Jason Mandryk, 2001
Area: 425,000 sq. km.; on the continental "hinge" between west and central Africa; semi-arid in the north, dry grassland in the center, rain-forest in the south.
Population: 15,500,000; 2.79% annual growth; 32.6 persons per sq. km.
Languages: 275
Major Language Groups: Bantu 50.5% (97 groups); Chadic Hausa 19.4% (41 groups)
Official Languages: French, English
Literacy: 62%
Christian: 63.2%
Bible Translations: 18 Bibles, 24 NT
Missionaries To Cameroon: 689 in 48 agencies (1:16,300 people)
LB in Cameroon
Ministry Area: Northern Cameroon
First LBIM missionary to Cameroon: Left the States in 1918
Languages: 16
Church Statistics: 844 congregations, 412 additional meeting places, 191 pastors, 789 lay pastors, 121,494 average Sunday attendance
Schools: 1 Seminary, 4 Regional Bible Schools
Bible Translations:
- 4 Bibles (Moundang, Fulfulde, Masana, Tupurri)
- 5 NTs (Musgum, Gidar, Kapsiki, Fali, Giziga)
- 3 NTs in preparation (Gude, Bana, Daba)
Pray For: Pray for three new individuals or couples for Cameroon.