The Italians of Monaco

The Italians of Monaco, numbering approximately 4,300 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as a Southern European people whose culture has been shaped by the legacy of the Roman world, centuries of regional development, Mediterranean interactions, Christianity, urban life, and strong family networks They are an Diaspora people, with Italian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Italian people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Italian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Monaco
People Cluster: Italian
Primary Language(s): Italian (ita)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 4,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG022233
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

81%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Italian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Italian Speakers

Media Resources in Italian:

Films:
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2 films

Bible Resources in Italian:

2 entries

Or check out the Italian 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 Italians:
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But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
readMatthew 5:44-45

Pray for those who don't know Jesus to encounter believers who are kind and compassionate and that their imitation of Christ will serve as a testimony that attracts lost people to Jesus.

...I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
readPsalm 13:5

Ask God to bring many to trust in His unfailing love and cause their hearts to rejoice in His salvation.

Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.
readMatthew 18:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they find other believers to pray with, and that they will trust God to answer their requests according to His will.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Italian Across Countries (ROP3 - 104096) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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21 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
ItaliansItaliansItaly53,220,000Engaged yet UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansArgentina2,185,000Engaged yet UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansFrance1,235,000No Longer UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansCanada865,000No Longer UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansGermany709,000Engaged yet UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansUnited States551,000Engaged yet UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansSwitzerland336,000Engaged yet UnreachedItalianUnaffiliated
ItaliansItaliansBelgium288,000Engaged yet UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansUnited Kingdom243,000Engaged yet UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansSpain229,000Engaged yet UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansVenezuela122,000Engaged yet UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansBrazil50,000Engaged yet UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansSan Marino31,000Unengaged and UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansAustria26,000Unengaged and UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansLuxembourg23,500Engaged yet UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansMalta11,000Unengaged and UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansNew Caledonia8,800Unengaged and UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansMonaco4,300Unengaged and UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansSlovenia2,300Engaged yet UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansLiechtenstein1,300Unengaged and UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism
ItaliansItaliansVatican City475No Longer UnreachedItalianRoman Catholicism

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