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Under an open-air pavilion built to seat a million people, children sleep on mats spread out on the cobblestones while their parents enter their 6th consecutive hour of worship.

Evangelical Christianity is big in Nigeria — 87 football fields big

Lifestyle & Belief

If it’s Friday night and you are out in Lagos, Nigeria, you may be hanging with up to a million people… for an 8-hour worship service.

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