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Mordvin-Erzya of Russia

Photo source: Daniel Downer

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Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
58,000	Erzya	Christianity	64.00 %	1.60 %	Not available		2.2

Mordvin-Erzya of Russia

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Mordovian Republic, north and east; Nizhni Novgorod, Ulyanovsk, Penza, Samara, Buguruslan; Chuvassia, Tatarstan, and Bashkortostan republics
(Source: Ethnologue 2010)

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People Name in Country:

Mordvin-Erzya

People Name General:

106791

13809

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Population in Country:

58,000

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Ethnicity

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MSW51i

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(58,000 Speakers)

myv

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Religion Sub-division:

Orthodox

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	64.00 %	(Evangelical: 1.60 %)
Ethnic Religions	5.00 %
Hinduism	0.00 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	31.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Christianity Segments:

Anglican	0.00 %
Independent	0.00 %
Protestant	20.00 %
Orthodox	80.00 %
Other Christian	0.00 %
Roman Catholic	0.00 %

(Evangelicals distributed across Christianity segments)

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2.2

Level 2 Less than 2% Evangelical. Initial (localized) church planting within past 2 years

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1998

New Testament:

2006

Complete Bible:

None Reported

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Erzya
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
Scripture	World Scriptures

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