• PEOPLE NAME: ABENAKI OF CANADA

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: North American Peoples

People Cluster: North American Indigenous

Language: French - (fra)

Alternate Name(s): Abnaki-Penobscot

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Canada

Also found in: United States

Population: 2,800

Global Population: 4,100


PEID: 43348

ROP: 100021

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Abenaki of Canada, numbering 2,800, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the North American Indigenous people cluster within the North American Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 4,100 in 2 countries. Their primary language is French. The primary religion practiced by the Abenaki 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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