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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Jews of Mexico

The Jews of Mexico, numbering approximately 41,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Jewish diaspora community of Mexico, concentrated in major urban centers and primarily Spanish-speaking. They maintain a distinct identity through communal institutions, family networks, and Ashkenazi, Sephardic, and Middle Eastern cultural traditions. They mostly adhere to Judaism and Spanish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Jewish Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Jews
Primary Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Primary Religion(s): Judaism
Population: 41,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG050311
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Judaism
Religious Affiliation: Judaism

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Judaism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Spanish Speakers

Media Resources in Spanish:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

5 films

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Bible Resources in Spanish:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1569 Sagradas Escrituras✓
1602 Reina-Valera Antigua✓
Biblia de América✓✓✓
Dios Habla Hoy✓
La Biblia✓
La Palabra de Dios para Todos✓
La Santa Biblia, Nueva Versión Internacional®✓
Lenguaje Actual✓
Reina Valera 1995✓
Reina Valera Contemporánea✓
Reina Valera, Revisada y Corregida (1865)✓
The Word of God for All - 2000 World Bible Translation Center✓✓
The Word of God for All 2014✓✓

13 entries

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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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Pray specifically for the Jews of Mexico

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,' and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
readPsalm 32:5

Pray those who are lost will realize their sin, confess their iniquity, and grow in their understanding of salvation through faith in Christ alone.

Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.
readIsaiah 55:5

Pray that those who do not know God will access the gospel, run to Him, and discover that He is the one their souls have been longing for.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
readColossians 4:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving, as they bring needs before the Lord.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
readActs 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

Jew, Latin American Across Countries (ROP3 - 109538) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
JewsPG017343JewsArgentina188,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishJudaism
JewsPG050311JewsMexico41,500Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishJudaism
JewsPG025076JewsUruguay17,500Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishJudaism
Spanish JewsPG000536Spanish JewsSpain17,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishJudaism
JewsPG024841JewsPanama11,000Unengaged and UnreachedHebrewJudaism
JewsPG042201JewsVenezuela7,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishJudaism
JewsPG042200JewsColombia2,200Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishJudaism
Cuban JewsPG022300Cuban JewsCuba500Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishJudaism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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