The Moroccan Arabs of Gibraltar

The Moroccan Arabs of Gibraltar, numbering approximately 1,700 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as an Arabic-speaking people of North Africa whose culture reflects the interaction of Arab, Amazigh (Berber), Islamic, Mediterranean, Saharan, African, and Andalusian influences within the distinctive historical and social context of Morocco They are an Diaspora people, with Arab, Moroccan as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Arab, Maghreb people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Arabic, Moroccan.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Gibraltar
People Cluster: Arab, Maghreb
Primary Language(s): Arabic, Moroccan (ary)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 1,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000281
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

94%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Arabic, Moroccan
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Moroccan Speakers

Media Resources in Arabic, Moroccan:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

Bible Resources in Arabic, Moroccan:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Morocco Bible Society, 2012

1 entry

Or check out the Arabic, Moroccan 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 Moroccan Arabs:
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Pray specifically for the Moroccan Arabs of Gibraltar

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
readRomans 5:10

Pray that any who may be enemies of God will grasp the depth of God's love demonstrated through Christ's death for the ungodly, and be reconciled to Him.

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.
readMark 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 lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me. I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
readPsalm 3:5-6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience isolation or other persecution, God will sustain them and give them confidence and rest in Him.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
readPsalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Arab, Moroccan Across Countries (ROP3 - 106804) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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15 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsMorocco21,230,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsSpain874,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsFrance853,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsItaly513,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsWestern Sahara414,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsNetherlands410,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsBelgium232,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsAlgeria186,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsGermany136,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsUnited States121,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsCanada111,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsUnited Kingdom40,500Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsPortugal23,500Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsLibya11,500Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsGibraltar1,700Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam

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