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Herero in Namibia

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
275,000	Herero	Christianity	97.00 %	9.00 %	No

Herero in Namibia

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Omaheke region; Otjozondjupa region: southeast corner and central area, Otumborombonga; Kunene region: Sesfontein north to Angola border area.
(Source: Ethnologue 2016)

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People Name in Country:

Herero

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Mbandieru

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Population in Country:

275,000

Population all Countries:

Ethnicity

People Name General:

NAB57n

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Language

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Primary Language:

(275,000 Speakers)

her

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	97.00 %	(Evangelical: 9.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	2.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	1.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	0.00 %
Protestant	0.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	0.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

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Level 1 Less than 2% Evangelical. Some evangelical resources available, but no active church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1875-1912

New Testament:

1878-1912

Complete Bible:

1987-1997

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Ministry Resources ^[7]
Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Audio Bible teaching
Audio Recordings	Story of Jesus audio
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Herero
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
General	Gospel resources links

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