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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Slovaks of Argentina

The Slovaks of Argentina, numbering approximately 9,300 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a West Slavic diaspora descended from migrants who arrived during Argentina's mass immigration from the late nineteenth century through the years before the Second World War, sometimes identifying as Slovak, Czech, or Czechoslovak. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Slovak is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Argentina
People Cluster: Slav, Western
Primary Language(s): Slovak (slk)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 9,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017367
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

80%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Slovak
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Slovak Speakers

Media Resources in Slovak:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Slovak:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1997 Slovak Bible Society✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Slovak bible at Bible.com

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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): Expanding Unreached People Group, (LPI: 2), 0.5% or Greater but Less than 2% 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 Slovaks of Argentina

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
readIsaiah 49:13

Thank the Lord for the people here and ask that His gospel will flow through this land to bring hope to those who are afflicted by the guilt of sin.

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
readRomans 5:1

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many who are far from God will receive the good news of salvation with joy and have peace with God through faith in His Son Jesus Christ.

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will lead those who might hesitate in getting baptized to trust Him as they obey His command, even when obedience is hard.

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
read1 John 1:5

Pray that God will raise up believers who can share the gospel with people who don't know the good news of Jesus, that God is light and in him, there is no darkness at all.

Slovak Across Countries (ROP3 - 109354) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SlovaksPG043628SlovaksUnited States32,000Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksPG000568SlovaksSweden10,000Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksPG000972SlovaksSlovakia4,595,000Engaged yet UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksPG050307SlovaksMontenegro5,900Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksPG000775SlovaksCzech Republic126,000Engaged yet UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksPG043473SlovaksCanada23,000Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksPG049966SlovaksAustria36,000Engaged yet UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksPG017367SlovaksArgentina9,300Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism

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

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