Yemeni Arabs of Saudi Arabia (PGID: PG011940)

The Yemeni Arabs of Saudi Arabia

The Yemeni Arabs of Saudi Arabia, numbering approximately 259,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Arab diaspora people of Yemeni origin in Saudi Arabia, descended from migrants from neighboring Yemen who maintain ties to the broader Yemeni Arab cultural heritage within the Arabian Peninsula. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic is their primary language.

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Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Saudi Arabia
People Cluster: Arab, Yemeni
Primary Language(s): Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic (acq)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 259,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011940
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%

Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%

Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Speakers

Media Resources in Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic:

Films:

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Magdalena	View Film

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Bible Resources in Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3:20

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For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God!
Deuteronomy 32:3

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Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

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"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
John 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Arab, Yemeni Across Countries (ROP3 - 109729) reported in the following countries:

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13 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG012274	Southern Yemeni Arabs	Yemen	12,190,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG011516	Yemeni Arabs	Egypt	1,085,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG011940	Yemeni Arabs	Saudi Arabia	259,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG012262	Yemeni Arabs	United Arab Emirates	214,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG011483	Djiboutian Arabs	Djibouti	80,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Shia Islam
PG042710	Yemeni Arabs	Eritrea	71,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG015315	Yemeni Arabs	Madagascar	63,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG047588	Yemeni Arabs	United States	55,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Shia Islam
PG042743	Yemeni Arabs	Ethiopia	40,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042862	Yemeni Arabs	Sudan	35,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG011896	Yemeni Arabs	Oman	25,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042759	Yemeni Arabs	Kuwait	8,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG050485	Yemini Arabs	Canada	7,100	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam

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