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Herero of Namibia

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
238,000	Herero	Christianity	97.00 %	9.00 %	Not available		3.2

Herero of Namibia

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Location in Country:

Damaraland and northwest Ovamboland territory, Kaokoveld
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Herero

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Mbandieru

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Population in Country:

238,000

Population all Countries:

Ethnicity

People Name General:

NAB57n

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Language

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Primary Language:

(238,000 Speakers)

her

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Religion Sub-division:

Protestant

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	97.00 %	(Evangelical: 9.00 %)
Ethnic Religions	2.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	1.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	35.00 %
Protestant	40.00 %
Orthodox	0.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	25.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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3.2

Level 3 Less than 2% Evangelical. Widespread church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1912

New Testament:

1912

Complete Bible:

1987

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Herero
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
Printed Matter	No Frontiers Literature
Scripture	World Scriptures

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