• PEOPLE NAME: AFRO-ECUADORIANS OF ECUADOR

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PEID: 23936

ROP: 115630

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Afro-American, Hispanic

Language: Spanish - (spa)

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Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Ecuador

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Population: 917,000

Global Population: 917,000


PEID: 23936

ROP: 115630

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Afro-Ecuadorians of Ecuador, numbering 917,000, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the Afro-American, Hispanic people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Ecuador. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Afro-Ecuadorians 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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