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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kabyle of Canada

The Kabyle of Canada, numbering approximately 6,100 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a diaspora community of Kabyle Berbers in Canada. They are an Diaspora people, in the Amazigh-Kabyle people cluster of the Arab World affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Islam - Sunni. They primarily speak Kabyle.

Kabyle in France photo
Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. Photo Source: Alioueche Mokhtar - Wikimedia Alioueche Mokhtar - Wikimedia Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North Africa and Middle East Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Amazigh-Kabyle
Primary Language(s): Kabyle (kab)
Primary Religion(s): Islam - Sunni
Population: 6,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047401

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Islam - Sunni
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Islam - Sunni Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kabyle
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

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Kabyle Speakers

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Next steps for the Kabyle

The Kabyle are Unengaged and Unreached, 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.

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Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Next steps for the Kabyle

The Kabyle 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.

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

Next steps for the Kabyle

The Kabyle 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.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Kabyle of Canada

"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
readJohn 16:33

Pray that those who don't have peace with God will find peace in Christ, even amid the troubles of this world.

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!
readPsalm 96:8

Pray for people here to humbly give God the glory due His name.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
readGenesis 50:20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will forgive those who do them harm and trust God as they walk in His ways.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
readMatthew 28:19-20

Ask God to bring people among this group to faith in Jesus who will be obedient to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to obey all that Christ has commanded.

Amazigh, Kabyle reported in the following countries (ROP3):

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