The Palestinian Arabs of Honduras

The Palestinian Arabs of Honduras, numbering approximately 21,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Palestinian diaspora community in Honduras descended largely from migrants from Bethlehem and nearby towns who settled in the country from the late nineteenth century and developed a distinct Honduran Palestinian identity. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Spanish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Honduras
People Cluster: Arab, Levant
Primary Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 21,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024786
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

57%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Spanish Speakers

Media Resources in Spanish:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Palestinian Arabs are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Palestinian Arabs:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Palestinian Arabs of Honduras

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
readPsalm 1:1-2

Pray that God will call out many sons and daughters from among them and give them a deep love for His Word.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
readJohn 14:3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hope in trials because they know that Jesus will one day take them to be with Him forever.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

Ask God to raise up and send out believers cross-culturally who will go out in His authority and be sustained by His peace as they share the gospel with the lost.

Arab, Palestinian Across Countries (ROP3 - 107785) reported in the following countries:

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21 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsSyria567,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsUnited States136,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsCanada48,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsUnited Arab Emirates66,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsSaudi Arabia463,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsQatar380,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsLibya36,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsLebanon669,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsIraq23,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsEritrea22,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsEl Salvador1,300No Longer UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsPanama9,700No Longer UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsHonduras21,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsGuatemala1,900Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsYemen35,500Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
West Bank ArabsWest Bank ArabsPalestine3,430,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsKuwait72,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsJordan2,675,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsIsrael1,835,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsFrance1,100Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Palestinian ArabsPalestinian ArabsEgypt147,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam

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