• PEOPLE NAME: EMBU-MBEERE OF KENYA

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PEID: 14784

ROP: 102911

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba

Language: Kiembu - (ebu)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Kenya

Also found in: United States

Population: 668,000

Global Population: 668,100


PEID: 14784

ROP: 102911

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Embu-Mbeere of Kenya, numbering 668,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Bantu, Gikuyu-Kamba people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 668,100 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Kiembu. The primary religion practiced by the Embu-Mbeere 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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