• PEOPLE NAME: YANSI OF CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

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PEID: 14749

ROP: 110977

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Bantu, Central-South

Language: Iyansi - (yns)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Congo, Democratic Republic of the

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Population: 207,000

Global Population: 207,000


PEID: 14749

ROP: 110977

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Yansi of Congo, Democratic Republic of the, numbering 207,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Bantu, Central-South people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Congo, Democratic Republic of the. Their primary language is Iyansi. The primary religion practiced by the Yansi is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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