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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Hungarian Jews of Israel

The Hungarian Jews of Israel, numbering approximately 77,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a repatriated diaspora community of Hungarian Jews in Israel They are an Diaspora people, with Jewish as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Jews people cluster of the Jewish Peoples. They mostly adhere to Judaism and Hungarian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Jewish Peoples
Country: Israel
People Cluster: Jews
Primary Language(s): Hungarian (hun)
Primary Religion(s): Judaism
Population: 77,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011744
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Pray for the Hungarian Jews of Israel

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Judaism
Religious Affiliation: Judaism

99%
%
Judaism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hungarian
Language Family: Uralic

100%
%
Hungarian Speakers

Media Resources in Hungarian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

3 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Hungarian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1590 Károli Bible✓
Egyszerű fordítás (EFO)✓
Revised Hungarian New Translation (2014)/ Revideált új fordítású Biblia (2014)✓✓

3 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Hungarian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hungarian Jews 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 Hungarian Jews:
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 Hungarian Jews of Israel

That they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:27

Pray that those who don't yet know Christ will search diligently for God and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.
readMatthew 13:23

Pray that their hearts will have good soil that receives the Word, understands it, and bears fruit for God's kingdom.

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.

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
readRomans 10:15

Pray that God will call many believers who will obediently go and share the gospel with those who desperately need it.

Jew (Hungarian) Across Countries (ROP3 - 104246) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Hungarian JewsPG011744Hungarian JewsIsrael77,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianJudaism

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