The Ukrainians of France

The Ukrainians of France, numbering approximately 23,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an East Slavic people of the East European Plain, speakers of Ukrainian, predominantly Eastern Orthodox with a Greek Catholic minority, marked by Cossack heritage, agrarian traditions, and a national identity forged against centuries of imperial rule. They mostly adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Ukrainian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: France
People Cluster: Slav, Eastern
Primary Language(s): Ukrainian (ukr)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 23,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG000205
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

60%
%
Eastern Orthodox Christia… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ukrainian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Ukrainian Speakers

Media Resources in Ukrainian:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Ukrainian:

Or check out the Ukrainian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Ukrainians are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Ukrainians:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Ukrainians of France

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
readPsalm 51:1

Give thanks to God that He is able to forgive all the sins people might commit, and pray that many who don't yet know this will hear the good news and turn to Him for mercy.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
readMatthew 11:28-29

Please pray for them to lift their eyes to Jesus and find rest for their souls, lasting peace, and hope in Him.

This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
readEphesians 5:32-33

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will grasp the profound mystery of Christ's love for the Church, reflecting this love in their marriages.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
read1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Pray that God will raise up believers to go to the lost and faithfully proclaim the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection so that all may have an opportunity to access and believe.

Ukrainian Across Countries (ROP3 - 110376) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

26 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
UkrainiansUkrainiansUkraine34,450,000Engaged yet UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansRussian Federation1,115,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansKazakhstan419,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansUnited States377,000Engaged yet UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansCanada255,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansItaly244,000Engaged yet UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansMoldova212,000Engaged yet UnreachedRussianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansBelarus155,000Engaged yet UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansGermany146,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansCzech Republic142,000Engaged yet UnreachedRussianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansRomania63,500Unengaged and UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansLatvia48,500No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansUzbekistan48,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansPoland45,500No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansGeorgia38,000Engaged yet UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansArgentina37,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianUnaffiliated
UkrainiansUkrainiansBrazil33,500Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
UkrainiansUkrainiansEstonia33,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansUnited Kingdom33,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansFrance23,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansAzerbaijan20,500Unengaged and UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansTajikistan13,000No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansSlovakia10,500Engaged yet UnreachedUkrainianUnaffiliated
UkrainiansUkrainiansVenezuela9,100Unengaged and UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansTurkmenistan8,500No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity
UkrainiansUkrainiansKyrgyzstan2,200No Longer UnreachedUkrainianEastern Orthodox Christianity

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