Partners
Prayer Partners:
Current partners 8
Needed partners 2
Total Opportunity:
Funded $426,373
Commitments $0
Needed $0
Demographics
- Location:
- Cameroon
- Speakers:
- 60,000
- Start Year:
- 1994
- End Year:
- 2011
- Project Goals:
- NT
Reports to Investors
News Feed
Bakossi NT | Bakossi
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
- Dec18
Bakossi of Cameroon
The Bakossi speakers live people live on the slopes of Mt. Kupe and Mt. Manen-guba in the tropical rainforest and savanna of southwestern Cameroon. The missionaries who first came to the Bakossi people placed a strong emphasis on education. As a result, there are many schoolteachers among the Bakossi today, and others are well-educated and live throughout Cameroon. Although schooling and church services are conducted in English, the heart language of the people is still Bakossi. - 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.