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

Bible Resources in Slovak:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1997 Slovak Bible Society✓

1 entry

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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Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
readJames 2:5

Pray for those living in despair to experience the riches of God's love and the hope of eternal life through faith in Christ.

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

Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
readPsalm 100:3-4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be in awe of the Lord God, their Creator, and will give Him thanksgiving and praise.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

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

Strategic Progress Index
All

8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SlovaksSlovaksSweden10,000Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksSlovaksCzech Republic126,000Engaged yet UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksSlovaksSlovakia4,595,000Engaged yet UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksSlovaksArgentina9,300Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksSlovaksCanada23,000Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksSlovaksUnited States32,000Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksSlovaksAustria36,000Engaged yet UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksSlovaksMontenegro5,900Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism

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