Partners
Prayer Partners:
33 Current
0 Needed
Total Opportunity:
$446,544 Funded
$0 Needed
Demographics
- Location:
- Cameroon
- Speakers:
- 20,000
- Start Year:
- 1998
- End Year:
- 2010
Reports to Investors
Denya NT
Over 20,000 Anyang people speak a language called Denya. They live in the dense forest of Cameroon, West Africa.
The Denya speakers are isolated from one another and the outside world. There are about fifty Anyang villages connected only by paths too narrow for motorized traffic. Over the years this has prevented church and mission groups from reaching them. The few churches that do exist in the region depend upon itinerant pastors who visit only a few times each year. Many of the people, even Christians, are still tied to the traditional spirit practices and beliefs.
The Anyang people are interested and waiting for God’s Word in their own language. In 1986, Gabriel Besong became convinced that his people need the New Testament in their own language. Since then he has graduated from seminary, joined the Cameroonian Bible translation organization, and has begun translating the New Testament.
News from the Field
- Jul17
Denya of Cameroon
20,000 isolated forest dwellers, many still tied to traditional spirit practices. The Anyang people are interested and waiting for God’s Word in their own language. As the Denya New Testament draws near to completion with a target date of September 2009, checking it for accuracy, comprehensibility and naturalness has been the team’s focus. - Feb07
Daily Prayer: the Denya people of Cameroon
Pray with us for the Denya people, who will soon be receiving the New Testament in their own language and are beginning to value mother-tongue literacy.