Cameroon Association for Bible Translation and Literacy (CABTAL) - Siège social - Yaounde

Nationalism issues in the early days of independence caused the government of Nigeria to close down the work of SIL in that country. Many missionaries from Nigeria moved to Cameroon with a vision to set up a national organization with permanent residence in the country. Discussions in this light started in the late 70s. SIL members Karl Grebe, Ron Thwing, Ron Gluck among others held several meetings with Cameroonians like: Dr. Joseph Mfonyam, Dr. Pierre Emmanuel (P.E.) Njock, Rev. Festus Asana, Jonas Njang, etc. They also undertook a number of trips around the country to share the vision for the creation of such an organization with Cameroonian church leaders. A decision was reached to create CABTA in the early 80s.