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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, numbering approximately 962,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a South Slavic people native to the central Balkans, whose culture has been shaped by Orthodox Christianity, village and kinship traditions, centuries of life under competing empires, and a strong sense of historical and cultural continuity They are an Indigenous people, with Serb as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Slav, Southern people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Serbian is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Serb

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
People Cluster: Slav, Southern
Primary Language(s): Serbian (srp)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 962,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000724
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

83%
%
Eastern Orthodox Christia… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Serbian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Serbian Speakers

Media Resources in Serbian:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Serbian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Serbian 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, Concentrated CP Activity (GSEC: 2), this people group is less than 2% evangelical but there has been initial or concentrated church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Serbs:
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Pray specifically for the Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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.

And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
read1 John 4:21

Pray that the good news of God's love will reach everyone in this people group, and that His love will compel them to love others as Christ has loved us.

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
readColossians 2:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be rooted and built up in Him, abounding in thanksgiving for the grace and mercy He has shown them.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
read2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will serve others in Jesus' name, and the lost will have an opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel.

Serb Across Countries (ROP3 - 108856) reported in the following countries:

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18 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SerbsPG000969SerbsSerbia6,185,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG000724SerbsBosnia and Herzegovina962,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG000268SerbsGermany238,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG048716SerbsMontenegro200,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG000763SerbsCroatia187,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG049962SerbsAustria155,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG043620SerbsUnited States80,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG047971SerbsKosovo76,500Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG000195SerbsFrance60,500Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG050300SerbsSlovenia53,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianRoman Catholicism
SerbsPG000860SerbsNorth Macedonia38,500Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG047369SerbsCanada38,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG050053SerbsItaly36,500Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG008065SerbsAustralia35,500Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG017366SerbsArgentina7,400Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianUnaffiliated
SerbsPG024588SerbsTurkiye5,400Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG017454SerbsChile4,100Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianUnaffiliated
SerbsPG015626SerbsZambia3,900Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity

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