The Ukrainians of Brazil

The Ukrainians of Brazil, numbering approximately 33,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an East Slavic people of the East European Plain, speakers of Ukrainian, predominantly Eastern Orthodox with a Greek Catholic minority, marked by Cossack heritage, agrarian traditions, and a national identity forged against centuries of imperial rule. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Portuguese is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Slav, Eastern
Primary Language(s): Portuguese (por)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 33,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG048555
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

80%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Portuguese
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Portuguese Speakers

Media Resources in Portuguese:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Ukrainians 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 Ukrainians:
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 Ukrainians of Brazil

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:22

Pray for many lost people to turn to the Lord, finding forgiveness and salvation in Him, for He is the only way to true life and restoration.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
readPsalm 127:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will build their homes in the Lord and raise their children to know and honor Him.

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
readIsaiah 58:7

As believers cross cultures to share the good news of Christ, pray that God will sustain them and grow their faith as He gives them the compassion necessary to minister well to those in need.

Ukrainian Across Countries (ROP3 - 110376) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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26 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
UkrainiansUkrainiansKyrgyzstan2,200No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansEstonia33,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansCzech Republic142,000Engaged yet UnreachedRussianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansMoldova212,000Engaged yet UnreachedRussianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansItaly244,000Engaged yet UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansRussian Federation1,115,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansBrazil33,500Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
UkrainiansUkrainiansUnited States377,000Engaged yet UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansCanada254,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansUkraine34,450,000Engaged yet UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansBelarus155,000Engaged yet UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansTurkmenistan8,500No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansTajikistan13,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansFrance23,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansKazakhstan419,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansUzbekistan47,500No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansAzerbaijan20,500Unengaged and UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansArgentina37,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianUnaffiliated
UkrainiansUkrainiansVenezuela9,100Unengaged and UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansSlovakia10,500Engaged yet UnreachedUkrainianUnaffiliated
UkrainiansUkrainiansRomania63,500Unengaged and UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansPoland45,500No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansLatvia48,500No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansGeorgia38,000Engaged yet UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansUnited Kingdom33,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansGermany146,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity

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