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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Austrians of Canada

The Austrians of Canada, numbering approximately 23,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a German-speaking Central European ethnonational population whose identity is rooted in the historical territories of Austria and shaped by centuries of Habsburg rule They are an Diaspora people, with Austrian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Germanic people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism. They primarily speak Bavarian.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Germanic
Primary Language(s): Bavarian (bar)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 23,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG050499
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

90%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bavarian
Language Family: Indo-European

80%
%
Bavarian Speakers

Media Resources in Bavarian:

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Bible Resources in Bavarian:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), 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.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Pioneer Unreached People Group, (LPI: 1), 0.1% or Greater but Less than 0.5% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Pray specifically for the Austrians of Canada

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
readMatthew 11:28-29

Please pray for them to lift their eyes to Jesus and find rest for their souls, lasting peace, and hope in Him.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
readPsalm 27:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will strengthen them when they face persecution of any kind for Jesus' name’s sake.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Austrian, Bavarian Across Countries (ROP3 - 100626) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
AustriansPG000005AustriansAustria7,255,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanRoman Catholicism
AustriansPG000314AustriansItaly272,000Unengaged and UnreachedBavarianRoman Catholicism
AustriansPG043530AustriansUnited States40,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanUnaffiliated
AustriansPG050499AustriansCanada23,000Unengaged and UnreachedBavarianRoman Catholicism

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