• PEOPLE NAME: CONGOLESE OF UNITED STATES

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PEID: 47246

ROP: 105785

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Congo

Language: Lingala - (lin)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Neo-Pentecostalism

Country: United States

Also found in: Angola; Belgium; Canada; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, Democratic Republic of the; South Sudan; Uganda

Population: 37,500

Global Population: 4,478,400


PEID: 47246

ROP: 105785

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Congolese of United States, numbering 37,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Bantu, Central-Congo people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 4,478,400 in 9 countries. Their primary language is Lingala. The primary religion practiced by the Congolese is Neo-Pentecostalism, a movement characterized by manifestations in non-Pentecostal churches of what have been traditionally categorized as Pentecostal experiences, frequently combined with prosperity gospel theology.


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