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=== Statistics === According to the 2005 statistics from the [[World Christian Encyclopedia|World Christian Database]], Ethiopian Pentecostal/Charismatic members cover a bit over 16 percent of the country as P'ent'ays of Ethiopia. The individual groups are the Word of Life Church (Kale Heywet) Church, Mekane Yesus, Churches of Christ, Misgana Church of Ethiopia, Assembly of God, Hiwot Berhan Church, Emnet Kristos, Meserete Kristos, Light of Life Church, Mulu Wongel (Full Gospel Believers Church) and other churches constituting slightly over 12 million P'ent'ays in Ethiopia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldchristiandatabase.org/wcd|title=A comprehensive statistical information on world religions, Christian denominations and people groups|publisher=Worldchristiandatabase.org|access-date=22 March 2016}}</ref> However, according to World Christian Encyclopedia, the Evangelical Protestant community is down to only 13.6% of Ethiopian population.<ref>[http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Ethiopia/rbodies.html World Christian Encyclopedia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829055949/http://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/nationprofiles/Ethiopia/rbodies.html|date=29 August 2006}}</ref><ref>World Christian Encyclopedia, 2001, Oxford University Press. Vol 1: p 266</ref> According to the 1994 government census, Protestant Christians comprise 10% of the population (about 7β8 million today).<ref>Berhanu Abegaz, [http://bxabeg.people.wm.edu/Ethiopia.Census%20Portrait.pdf Ethiopia: A Model Nation of Minorities] (accessed 22 March 2006)</ref> According to membership and adherent records provided by the various churches and denominations, Ethiopian Protestants claim as high as 18.59% of the country's population which is inline with the recent data from the US Department of State.<ref name="state1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldmap.org/maps/other/profiles/ethiopia/ET.pdf|title=Ethiopian protestants claim as high as 18.59% of population|access-date=22 March 2016}}</ref>
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