Partners
Prayer Partners:
10 Current
0 Needed
Total Opportunity:
$297,698 Funded
$0 Needed
Demographics
- Location:
- Cameroon
- Speakers:
- 60,000
- Start Year:
- 1995
- End Year:
- 2011
Reports to Investors
Bakossi NT
The Bakossi people live on the slopes of Mt. Kupe and Mt. Manen-guba in southwestern Cameroon. Most families grow clumps of a plant that they harvest to make n’weh, or Bakossi tea, a bright red drink that is reported to have medicinal properties. A majority of the Bakossi claim to be Christians, but most are very nominal in their faith. They often miss spiritual truths because church services are conducted in English, which they do not understand very well.
Until recently, local Presbyterian Church leaders opposed translation into the Bakossi language. Now they realize that the churches will never flourish without the New Testament in the language people can understand, and Presbyterian leaders have joined the Catholic leadership in support of Bible translation. The translation team is making good progress so far; they have several New Testament books in various stages of drafting, checking and revision.
News from the Field
- Jul07
Bakossi of Cameroon
60,000 speakers known for their unusual, bright red tea, the Bakossi people live on the slopes of Mt. Kupe and Mt. Manen-guba in southwestern Cameroon. A majority of the Bakossi claim to be Christians, but most are very nominal in their faith. They often miss spiritual truths because church services are conducted in English, which they do not understand very well. Until recently, local Presbyterian Church leaders opposed translation into the Bakossi language. Now they realize that the churches will never flourish without the New Testament in the language people can understand.
- Jul04
Bakossi of Cameroon
Bakossi speakers known for their unusual, bright red tea, the Bakossi people live on the slopes of Mt. Kupe and Mt. Manen-guba in southwestern Cameroon. A majority of the Bakossi claim to be Christians, but most are very nominal in their faith. They often miss spiritual truths because church services are conducted in English, which they do not understand very well. Until recently, local Presbyterian Church leaders opposed translation into the Bakossi language. Now they realize that the churches will never flourish without the New Testament in the language people can understand.