The British of United States

The British of United States, numbering approximately 775,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are the peoples of Great Britain whose culture has been shaped by the interaction of English, Scottish, Welsh, and Northern Irish traditions, alongside centuries of migration, maritime connections, industrialization, and imperial influence. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Anglo-Celt
Primary Language(s): English (eng)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 775,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043180
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Pray for the British of United States

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

60%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: English
Language Family:

100%
%
English Speakers

Media Resources in English:

Films:
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SPI: No longer Unreached

The British are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the British:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the British of United States

For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
readLuke 19:10

Pray that those who are lost will respond to the One who came to seek and save the lost, and experience the joy of being found.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise).
readEphesians 6:1-2

Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 8:38-39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence in their salvation, knowing that nothing can separate them from the One who conquered death and loves them as His children.

For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.
readPsalm 9:18

Pray that God will raise up believers who can help meet emotional and physical needs among this people group. Ask Him to open doors for them and give them the courage to walk into difficult situations and share the hope of the gospel boldly.

British Across Countries (ROP3 - 102927) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

44 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BritishBritishUnited Kingdom46,470,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishSouth Africa2,215,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishCanada1,300,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishUnited States775,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishGermany117,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishNew Zealand92,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishSingapore60,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishKenya57,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishIndia43,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishZambia35,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishSweden32,000No Longer UnreachedSwedishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishJamaica28,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishSri Lanka21,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishPakistan19,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishMalaysia17,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishCayman Islands14,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishMalawi13,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishTrinidad and Tobago13,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBangladesh11,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishMalta11,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishTanzania10,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishArgentina10,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishPeru9,300No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBarbados7,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishLuxembourg7,700No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishVenezuela7,200No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBotswana7,100No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBrunei6,600No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishChile6,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishZimbabwe5,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishUganda4,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishSeychelles4,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishGibraltar4,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishColombia3,700No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishNepal3,300No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishBelize3,100No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishGrenada2,800No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishEswatini2,800No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishNamibia2,400No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishGuyana2,300No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishAngola2,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishMonaco2,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBritish Virgin Islands1,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishLesotho425No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated

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