Arabs of Argentina (PGID: PG017321)

The Arabs of Argentina

The Arabs of Argentina, numbering approximately 1,580,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a diverse ethnolinguistic group whose identity is shaped by a combination of language, culture, history, and geography. Arabs are native to the Arabian Peninsula, Levant, North Africa, and parts of the Horn of Africa. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Spanish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Argentina
People Cluster: Arab, Arabian
Primary Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 1,580,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017321

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

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Spanish Speakers

Media Resources in Spanish:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
The Savior	View Film

5 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Spanish:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
1569 Sagradas Escrituras			✓
1602 Reina-Valera Antigua			✓
Biblia de América	✓	✓	✓
Dios Habla Hoy		✓
La Biblia			✓
La Palabra de Dios para Todos		✓
La Santa Biblia, Nueva Versión Internacional®	✓
Lenguaje Actual		✓
Reina Valera 1995		✓
Reina Valera Contemporánea	✓
Reina Valera, Revisada y Corregida (1865)			✓
The Word of God for All - 2000 World Bible Translation Center		✓	✓
The Word of God for All 2014		✓	✓

13 entries

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Arabs 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 Arabs:

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 Arabs of Argentina

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God".
Romans 3:10-11

Pray that God will have mercy on those living in broken relationship with Him, and that He will bring many to surrender and repentance at the throne of grace.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
Mark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Psalm 121:1-2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience hardship, God will remind them that their help comes from the One who made heaven and earth and that He is powerful to meet their needs.

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
2 Corinthians 12:28

Ask God to raise up believers who will faithfully proclaim the good news and equip others to do the same.

Arab Across Countries (ROP3 - 100425) reported in the following countries:

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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23 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG017321	Arabs	Argentina	1,580,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Spanish	Sunni Islam
PG014900	Arabs	Tanzania	509,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Swahili (individual language)	Sunni Islam
PG016532	Arabs	Brazil	492,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG006321	Arabs	Pakistan	248,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG007830	Arabs	Australia	161,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG000004	Arabs	Austria	101,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG000078	Arabs	Denmark	96,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG000580	Arabs	Switzerland	75,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG041734	Arabs	India	62,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG014761	Arabs	Kenya	57,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Swahili (individual language)	Sunni Islam
PG047072	Arabs	Greece	34,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG014477	Arabs	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	32,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG018465	Arabs	Malaysia	18,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG015486	Arabs	South Africa	16,000	No Longer Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG011545	Arabs	Ethiopia	13,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG000374	Arabs	Malta	10,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG018478	Arabs	New Zealand	10,000	No Longer Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG014463	Arabs	Burundi	3,800	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG013266	Arabs	Ghana	3,300	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG016383	Arabs	Jamaica	2,100	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG015270	Arabs	Comoros	900	Engaged yet Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042248	Arabs	Maldives	750	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG016194	Arabs	Barbados	150	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam

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