Bible Society work in Cameroon
 Bible
Society of CameroonBP 1133 Yaoundé Cameroon Tel: +(237)-2231476 Fax: +(237)-2221761 email: cambiblesociety@iccnet.cm or cameroon@biblesociety-cameroon.org |
Country Data:
| Area: | 475,422 sq.km. | |
| Population: | 15,421,937 (2000) | |
| Annual Per Capita Income: | US$570 (2000) | |
| Literate Population: | 63.4% (1995) | |
| Religions in % of Population (1995): | Roman Catholic |
40%
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| Protestant |
22%
|
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| Muslim |
22%
|
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| Traditional beliefs |
16%
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| Official Languages: | French, English | |
Bible Society Data:
| Beginning of organised work: | 1843 | |
| Date of formation of Bible Society: | 1965 | |
| Date of Full Membership in UBS: | 1988 | |
| Scripture distribution in 2005: | |||||
|
Bibles
|
New
Testaments |
||||
| 53,050 | 8,885 | 12,340 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 |
| Other countries served: | ||
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Population
|
Beginning of organised
work
|
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| Equatorial Guinea |
442,000
|
1841
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| Gabon |
1,385,000
|
1850
|
| São Tomé e Príncipe |
135,000
|
1886
|
Spiritual food for orphans and vulnerable children in Cameroon (April 2007)
God’s Word prominent in celebrations in Yaoundé (January 2007)
Latest News #376 – KidsGames promotes peace and unity in Cameroon
(October 2006) [PDF]
Making more Good Samaritans: an AIDS Seminar in action (August 2005)
No avoiding the hard questions (August 2005)
A gifted educator: why busy Beatrice likes running the AIDS seminar (August 2005)
Openness key to challenging AIDS ignorance and apathy (August 2005)
University students go back to basics with their mother tongue (August 2005)
Giving the Bible Society a new start (August 2005)
Images from Cameroon (July 2005)
Baca people shown the superior power of Jesus (October 2002)
Bishop translator welcomes new Bulu Bible (October 2002)
When death loses its sting (March 2002)
Bible distribution program impacts Bamenda prison (March 2002)
Bafut – village of masks and mystery (March 2002)
Shortage of local-language Bibles in Cameroon’s largest city (March 2002)
Bible depot to be built in Cameroon’s commercial gateway (March 2002)
Focus on Cameroon:
Moïse Kamdem: pastor, translator and distributor (January/February 2002)
Reaching audiences in northern Cameroon (January/February 2002)
Focus on Cameroon...
How can the Bible help Cameroon’s pygmy people? (Dec. 2001)
Photo story: an elderly Baca woman who accepted Christ (Dec. 2001)
How God touched the heart of a young pygmy man (Dec. 2001)
Mount Cameroon Gets Angry (June 1999)
Ambassador Celebrates New Testament (February 1998)
First Giziga New Testament (February 1998)
New Testament for Jula Speakers (February 1998)
