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The French of Austria

The French of Austria, numbering approximately 16,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Western European people whose culture has been shaped by the interaction of Celtic, Roman, Germanic, and Mediterranean influences, a long history of state formation, and a strong tradition of language, civic identity, and cultural expression. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and French is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Austria
People Cluster: French
Primary Language(s): French (fra)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 16,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000017
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

80%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: French
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
French Speakers

Media Resources in French:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in French:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1885 Darby✓
1910 Louis Segond (Tresorsonore recording)✓✓
La Nouvelle Bible Louis Segond 1978✓
Ostervald Version✓
Parole de Vie - African✓
Parole de Vie - Canadian✓
Parole de Vie - French✓

7 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the French bible at Bible.com

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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): Expanding Unreached People Group, (LPI: 2), 0.5% or Greater but Less than 2% 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 French:
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Pray specifically for the French of Austria

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.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb’
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that many people will receive the gospel and will be part of the great multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, clothed in white robes and palm branches, proclaiming salvation belongs to our God.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
readJames 1:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will ask God for wisdom when they lack it, trusting that He will generously give it to them.

And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
readMark 1:17-18

Pray that God will raise up believers from this place and/or other cultures nearby to proclaim the gospel to those who desperately need to encounter it.

French Across Countries (ROP3 - 103059) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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21 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
FrenchPG000151FrenchFrance49,460,000Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchUnaffiliated
FrenchPG046457FrenchUnited States2,140,000Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG015299FrenchMadagascar191,000Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG000632FrenchUnited Kingdom164,000Unengaged and UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG018389FrenchNew Caledonia93,500No Longer UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG000368FrenchLuxembourg93,000Unengaged and UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG015470FrenchReunion66,500Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchUnaffiliated
FrenchPG021622FrenchAustralia41,500Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG000381FrenchMonaco30,000Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG022281FrenchFrench Guiana27,000Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG046396FrenchChad20,000Unengaged and UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG046401FrenchDjibouti19,000Unengaged and UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG000478FrenchPortugal17,500Unengaged and UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG000017FrenchAustria16,000Unengaged and UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
St. BarthiansPG050294St. BarthiansSaint Barthelemy11,500Unengaged and UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG016390FrenchMartinique8,400Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG050580FrenchSaint Pierre and Miquelon5,100Unengaged and UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG017607FrenchAndorra4,700Unengaged and UnreachedFrenchUnaffiliated
FrenchPG015477FrenchSeychelles1,900Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG015273FrenchComoros1,800Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism
FrenchPG015365FrenchMayotte1,200Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchRoman Catholicism

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