• PEOPLE NAME: EGBA OF NIGERIA

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PEID: 13759

ROP: 113954

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Yoruba

Language: Yoruba - (yor)

Alternate Name(s): Yoruba Egba

Primary Religion: Christianity - Neo-Pentecostalism

Country: Nigeria

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Population: 5,785,000

Global Population: 5,785,000


PEID: 13759

ROP: 113954

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Egba of Nigeria, numbering 5,785,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Yoruba people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Nigeria. Their primary language is Yoruba. The primary religion practiced by the Egba 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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