• PEOPLE NAME: CEBUANO OF PHILIPPINES

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Malay Peoples

People Cluster: Filipino, Central

Language: Cebuano - (ceb)

Alternate Name(s): Mindanao Visayan Sub-cluster, Sugbuhanon, Visayan

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Philippines

Also found in: United States

Population: 22,640,000

Global Population: 22,697,500


PEID: 42429

ROP: 110577

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Cebuano of Philippines, numbering 22,640,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Filipino, Central people cluster within the Malay Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 22,697,500 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Cebuano. The primary religion practiced by the Cebuano 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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