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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Faroese of Faroe Islands

The Faroese of Faroe Islands, numbering approximately 50,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a North Germanic people native to the Faroe Islands, a North Atlantic archipelago located between Iceland, Norway, and Scotland. Their culture is shaped by a combination of Norse heritage, maritime livelihoods, and Lutheran Christianity. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Faroese is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Faroe Islands
People Cluster: Scandinavian
Primary Language(s): Faroese (fao)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 50,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG000102
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

89%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Faroese
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Faroese Speakers

Media Resources in Faroese:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Faroese:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Faroese Bible 1961✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Faroese bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Faroese 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 Faroese:
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 Faroese of Faroe Islands

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
readLuke 15:7

Pray that God will convict the lost of their sin, give them an urgency to run to Him for forgiveness, and feel His welcoming arms around them when they turn to Him.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
readRomans 5:10

Pray that God will remove obstacles to the gospel so that many will see the hope He offers through the death, burial, and resurrection of His Son, and be transformed from being enemies to being His friends.

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
readHebrews 10:39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, and faithfully follow God, they will share Christ boldly with those around them.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Faeroe Islander Across Countries (ROP3 - 102982) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
FaroesePG000102FaroeseFaroe Islands50,000No Longer UnreachedFaroeseProtestantism
FaroesePG000085FaroeseDenmark21,500No Longer UnreachedFaroeseProtestantism

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