• PEOPLE NAME: POROHANON OF PHILIPPINES

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PEID: 7757

ROP: 108126

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Filipino, Tribal

Language: Porohanon - (prh)

Alternate Name(s): Camotes

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Philippines

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Population: 45,000

Global Population: 45,000


PEID: 7757

ROP: 108126

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Porohanon of Philippines, numbering 45,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Filipino, Tribal people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Philippines. Their primary language is Porohanon. The primary religion practiced by the Porohanon 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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