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The Levantine Arabs of Haiti

The Levantine Arabs of Haiti, numbering approximately 5,700 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Arab community of Syrian and Lebanese descent, often grouped together due to shared historical, linguistic, and cultural ties. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Standard Arabic is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Arab, Levantine

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Haiti
People Cluster: Arab, Levant
Primary Language(s): Standard Arabic (arb)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 5,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016381

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

95%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Standard Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in Standard Arabic:

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

6 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Standard Arabic:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
Easy to Read Version ✓ ✓
Good News Version ✓
Sharif (Iraqi) Version ✓ ✓ ✓
Sharif Version ✓ ✓ ✓
Standard Arabic (Gulf) ✓
Van Dyke Version - multi voice ✓ ✓ ✓
Van Dyke Version - single voice ✓ ✓ ✓

7 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Standard Arabic bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

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): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% 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

Next steps for the Levantine Arabs:
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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

Pray specifically for the Levantine Arabs of Haiti

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
readPsalm 96:5

Pray that those who are seeking after worthless idols will not be satisfied until they seek the truth and find it in Christ.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. For kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.
readPsalm 22:27-28

Pray that entire families will turn to the Lord in repentance and faith, and that they will worship Him and declare His righteousness to the nations.

We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near. We recount your wondrous deeds.
readPsalm 75:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will give thanks to the Lord for His wondrous works and declare His goodness to all people.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
readActs 17:30

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will boldly and lovingly declare that God commands all people everywhere to repent.

Arab, Levantine Across Countries (ROP3 - 109667) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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16 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Levantine Arabs PG024574 Levantine Arabs Turkiye 1,460,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Folk Islam
Levantine Arabs PG000662 Levantine Arabs United Kingdom 512,000 Engaged yet Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Levantine Arabs PG000573 Levantine Arabs Sweden 407,000 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Levantine Arabs PG012216 Levantine Arabs Tunisia 251,000 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Levantine Arabs PG011511 Levantine Arabs Egypt 218,000 Engaged yet Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Levantine Arabs PG020267 Levantine Arabs Australia 196,000 No Longer Unreached Gulf Arabic Roman Catholicism
Middle Eastern Arabs PG042458 Middle Eastern Arabs Germany 104,000 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Levantine Arabs PG013104 Levantine Arabs Cote d’Ivoire 67,000 Engaged yet Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Levantine Arabs PG000489 Levantine Arabs Portugal 23,000 Engaged yet Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Levantine Arabs PG013440 Levantine Arabs Guinea-Bissau 11,000 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Folk Islam
Levantine Arabs PG016381 Levantine Arabs Haiti 5,700 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Levantine Arabs PG017480 Levantine Arabs Ecuador 3,200 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Levantine Arabs PG013421 Levantine Arabs Guinea 1,300 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Folk Islam
Levantine Arabs PG016402 Levantine Arabs Curacao 325 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Levantine Arabs PG016213 Levantine Arabs British Virgin Islands 60 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Levantine Arabs PG016310 Levantine Arabs Dominica 50 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam

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

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