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The Spaniards of Germany

The Spaniards of Germany, numbering approximately 184,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Southern European people whose culture has been shaped by the interaction of Iberian, Roman, Visigothic, Islamic, Jewish, and Christian traditions, as well as centuries of regional development within the Iberian Peninsula. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Spanish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Germany
People Cluster: Spanish
Primary Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 184,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG022234
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Pray for the Spaniards of Germany

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

76%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Spanish Speakers

Media Resources in Spanish:

Films:
TitleLink
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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Or check out the Spanish bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Spaniards 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 Spaniards:
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 Spaniards of Germany

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
readEphesians 6:12

Pray for those ensnared by the darkness of this world, that they will recognize the spiritual forces at work and turn to the light of Christ.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray for the gospel to advance and for more people to be brought into God's family through the reconciliation Jesus offers them.

But you said, "I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude."
readGenesis 32:12

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will experience God's presence and protection even in difficult circumstances, knowing that He will make them fruitful.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

Spaniard Across Countries (ROP3 - 109534) reported in the following countries:

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19 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SpaniardsPG046463SpaniardsUnited States86,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG043476SpaniardsCanada13,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG042492SpaniardsBelgium50,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG022234SpaniardsGermany184,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG020265SpaniardsAustralia19,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG018373SpaniardsNew Caledonia2,900Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG016449SpaniardsTrinidad and Tobago4,300Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG015206SpaniardsAngola18,500Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000684SpaniardsUnited Kingdom159,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000601SpaniardsSwitzerland85,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000535SpaniardsSpain31,920,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000497SpaniardsPortugal16,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000435SpaniardsNetherlands19,500Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000358SpaniardsItaly27,500Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000303SpaniardsIreland15,500No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000199SpaniardsFrance248,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000097SpaniardsDenmark5,400Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000043SpaniardsAustria7,400Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000002SpaniardsAndorra24,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishUnaffiliated

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