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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Egyptian Copts of Egypt

The Egyptian Copts of Egypt, numbering approximately 6,200,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnoreligious Christian community indigenous to Egypt. Most Egyptian Copts belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, which is part of the Oriental Orthodox communion. They mostly adhere to Coptic Orthdox Christianity and Egyptian Arabic is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Egypt
People Cluster: Arab, Egyptian
Primary Language(s): Egyptian Arabic (arz)
Primary Religion(s): Coptic Orthdox Christianity
Population: 6,200,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG033537
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Pray for the Egyptian Copts of Egypt

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Coptic Orthdox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

90%
%
Coptic Orthdox Christiani… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Egyptian Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Egyptian Speakers

Media Resources in Egyptian Arabic:

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Bible Resources in Egyptian Arabic:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Egyptian Copts 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 Egyptian Copts:
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 Egyptian Copts of Egypt

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.
readMatthew 13:23

Pray that their hearts will have good soil that receives the Word, understands it, and bears fruit for God's kingdom.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will meditate daily on the Word of God so that, through it, they might have wisdom for the big and small decisions they face every day.

And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
readLuke 18:29-30

Pray that God will raise up people to go and share the gospel and help them trust His promise that anyone who has left those they treasure for the sake of the kingdom of God will receive many times more in this life and in the life to come.

Egyptian Copt Across Countries (ROP3 - 102880) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Egyptian CoptsPG033537Egyptian CoptsEgypt6,200,000Engaged yet UnreachedEgyptian ArabicCoptic Orthdox Christianity
Egyptian CoptsPG047347Egyptian CoptsUnited States242,000No Longer UnreachedEgyptian ArabicCoptic Orthdox Christianity

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