The Serbs of Kosovo

The Serbs of Kosovo, numbering approximately 76,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a South Slavic people native to the central Balkans, whose culture has been shaped by Orthodox Christianity, village and kinship traditions, centuries of life under competing empires, and a strong sense of historical and cultural continuity They are an Indigenous people, with Serb as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Slav, Southern people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity. They primarily speak Serbian.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Kosovo
People Cluster: Slav, Southern
Primary Language(s): Serbian (srp)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 76,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047971
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Pray for the Serbs of Kosovo

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

96%
%
Eastern Orthodox Christia… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Serbian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Serbian Speakers

Media Resources in Serbian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Bible Resources in Serbian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
New Serbian Translation

1 entry

Or check out the Serbian bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Serbs 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 Serbs:
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 Serbs of Kosovo

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
read1 John 4:10

Pray for those without the hope of Christ to understand the depth of God's love and the sacrifice He made for them.

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.
readPsalm 104:8

Pray that they will see the hand of God in the beauty and order of the natural world, and that they will worship Him as the Creator and Sustainer of all things.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
readJohn 10:29

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember that they can never lose their salvation

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Serb Across Countries (ROP3 - 108856) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

18 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SerbsSerbsSerbia6,190,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsBosnia and Herzegovina962,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsGermany238,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsMontenegro200,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsCroatia187,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsAustria155,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsUnited States79,500Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsKosovo76,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsFrance60,500Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsSlovenia53,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianRoman Catholicism
SerbsSerbsNorth Macedonia38,500Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsCanada38,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsItaly36,500Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsAustralia35,500Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsArgentina7,400Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianUnaffiliated
SerbsSerbsTurkiye5,400Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsChile4,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianUnaffiliated
SerbsSerbsZambia3,900Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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