• PEOPLE NAME: BETTE-BENDE OF NIGERIA


PEID: 13685

ROP: 101304

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Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Benue

Language: Bete-Bendi - (btt)

Alternate Name(s): Bendi, Dama, Mbete

Primary Religion: Christianity - Non-Evangelical Protestant

Country: Nigeria

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Population: 171,000

Global Population: 171,000


PEID: 13685

ROP: 101304

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Bette-Bende of Nigeria, numbering 171,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Benue people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Nigeria. Their primary language is Bete-Bendi. The primary religion practiced by the Bette-Bende is Non-Evangelical Protestantism, a collection of denominations typically more focused on issues of social justice than personal salvation.


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