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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Latvians of United Kingdom

The Latvians of United Kingdom, numbering approximately 95,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Baltic people from Latvia whose community in the United Kingdom includes postwar refugees and more recent migrants, maintaining Latvian cultural ties while forming part of the wider Latvian diaspora. They mostly adhere to Unaffiliated and Standard Latvian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: United Kingdom
People Cluster: Baltic
Primary Language(s): Standard Latvian (lvs)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 95,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000654
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

50%
%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Standard Latvian
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Latvian, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in Standard Latvian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Standard Latvian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1953 British and Foreign Bible Society✓
New Latvian Interconfessional Bible✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Standard Latvian bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Latvians are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Latvians:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Latvians of United Kingdom

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.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that they will receive the Word of God as a lamp to their feet and commit their ways to Him.

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?
readJames 4:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will turn from worldly passions and live in unity with one another.

The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
readJohn 1:35-36

Pray for those God sends to cross cultures to share the gospel, that they might faithfully share the good news of the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

Latvian Across Countries (ROP3 - 105674) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
LatviansPG000844LatviansLatvia1,070,000No Longer UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG043321LatviansUnited States112,000No Longer UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG000654LatviansUnited Kingdom95,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG000251LatviansGermany39,500Unengaged and UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG043430LatviansCanada16,000No Longer UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG000557LatviansSweden9,400Unengaged and UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG024285LatviansKazakhstan2,400No Longer UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated

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

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