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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Algerian Arabs of Belgium

The Algerian Arabs of Belgium, numbering approximately 28,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a community of Arabic‑speaking Algerians whose cultural identity formed through centuries of Arab settlement, Islamization, and interaction with Indigenous Amazigh (Berber) peoples They are an Diaspora people, with Arab, Algerian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Arab, Maghreb people cluster of the Arab Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Algerian Arabic is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Belgium
People Cluster: Arab, Maghreb
Primary Language(s): Algerian Arabic (arq)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 28,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000048
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Algerian Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Algerian Speakers

Media Resources in Algerian Arabic:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Algerian Arabic:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
United Bible Societies✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Algerian Arabic 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): 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 Algerian Arabs:
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Pray specifically for the Algerian Arabs of Belgium

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
readRomans 1:22

Ask God to pour out His mercy and bring those who are walking in their own wisdom to faith in Jesus.

Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
readMark 10:14b

Praise Jesus for the way He loves children, asking that many will learn the truth about Him and come to Him unhindered.

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
readHebrews 10:35

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hold unswervingly to their faith and to their confidence in Christ, which has a great reward.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
readEphesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Arab, Algerian Across Countries (ROP3 - 100226) reported in the following countries:

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10 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Algerian ArabsPG011251Algerian ArabsAlgeria34,970,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG011662Algerian ArabsFrance1,730,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG012207Algerian ArabsTunisia300,000Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG047408Algerian ArabsCanada72,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG042332Algerian ArabsSpain67,500Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG000048Algerian ArabsBelgium28,500Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG042324Algerian ArabsItaly27,000Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG047311Algerian ArabsUnited States25,500Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsPG012373Algerian ArabsBurkina Faso25,000Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicFolk Islam
Algerian ArabsPG000393Algerian ArabsNetherlands8,700Engaged yet UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam

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

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