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website of the
Cameroon
Youths for
Jesus (CYJ)
From its
humble beginnings among secondary school students with a
burning zeal for evangelism, the Cameroon Youths for Jesus
(CYJ) has grown into the leading interdenominational
Christian movement in Cameroon taking the message of the
cross from north to south, east to west. CYJ has 3
Regions,10 Branches and 21 Evangelistic Centers in 7 out of
the 10 Provinces of Cameroon.
REGIONS
For efficient administration and to enable the Ministry to
effectively fulfill its vision and carry out its activities,
the entire national territory has been structured into
regions. A region brings together all the CYJ Branches and
centre within a specific geographical location. The
leadership of the region is in the hands of a regional
coordinator. Apart of representing the National leadership
and supervising the work of the Ministry, the RC is also in
charge of missionary activities in the regions. CYJ
currently has the following Regions/Branches:
1. South West and Littoral (Coastal) Region.
The Coastal region is made up of CYJ Branches in the South
West and Littoral Provinces of Cameroon. This region has 5
Branches: CYJ Buea, CYJ Tiko, CYJ Limbe, CYJ Tombel, CYJ
Douala and CYJ Kumba. The leadership of this region is
temporally under the National Programme Director
(Br. Lucas Mosoke)
while awaiting the appointment of a new regional
coordinator.
2. Centre/South/East Region
This region comprise CYJ Branches and evangelistic Centers
in the Centre, South and East Provinces of Cameroon. These
Branches include: CYJ Yaounde (in the Centre Province); CYJ
Ebolowa in the
(South Province) and CYJ Bertoua (in the East Province). The
Regional Coordinator for the Centre/South/East Region is
Br. Ngala Nicholas.
3. North West and West (Grassland) Region
The Grassland Region is made up of CYJ Branches and
evangelistic Centres in the North West and West Provinces of
Cameroon. These Branches include: CYJ Bamenda, CYJ Bafoussam
and CYJ Dschang. Sr. Yvonne Tah
is the Regional Coordinator for the North West/West Region.
EVANGELISTIC CENTERS
An Evangelistic Centre is the basic unit of the ministry. It
brings together members in a particular area who meet
regularly to pray, share scriptures, and carry out
evangelistic activities. CYJ has the
following Evangelistic Centers:
SOUTH WEST / LITTORAL REGION
CYJ Great Soppo, CYJ Molyko,
CYJ Bokwango, CYJ Muea, CYJ Mutengene, CYJ Tiko, CYJ Limbe,
CYJ Bonaberi, CYJ Ndogpassi (Village), CYJ Douala-University
Centre.
NORTH WEST / WEST REGION
CYJ Nkwen, CYJ Azire, CYJ Ndop,
CYJ Bafut, CYJ Dschang, CYJ Bafoussam.
CENTRE, SOUTH, EAST REGION
CYJ Essos, CYJ Biyem-Assi, CYJ
CRADAT, CYJ Nkolbison, CYJ Nlongkak, CYJ Nsam, CYJ Ebolowa,
CYJ Bertoua.