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The Romanians of Belgium

The Romanians of Belgium, numbering approximately 125,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an East Romance people descended from Romanized Dacians of historical Wallachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania, predominantly Romanian Orthodox, noted for a Latin language preserved amid Slavic and Hungarian neighbors and strong rural folk-culture traditions. They mostly adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Romanian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Belgium
People Cluster: Romanian
Primary Language(s): Romanian (ron)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 125,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042371
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

80%
%
Eastern Orthodox Christia… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Romanian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Romanian Speakers

Media Resources in Romanian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Romanian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2000 Bible League International✓
Dumitru Cornilescu / Библия Думитру Корнилеску 1924✓
Interconfessional Version✓✓
Noua Traducere Românească (NTR)✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Romanian 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 Romanians:
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Pray specifically for the Romanians of Belgium

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.

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
readPsalm 2:10-11

Pray for the rulers and authorities here to seek the Lord and serve Him only. Pray that the people they lead will be amazed by the work of God in their lives.

Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
readHebrews 10:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will not neglect meeting together but encourage one another as they see the Day approaching.

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
readIsaiah 51:11

Pray that, as God sends people to cross cultures and share the good news of Jesus, many will turn to the Lord in repentance and faith and start a personal relationship with Him that will bring them everlasting joy.

Romanian Across Countries (ROP3 - 108398) reported in the following countries:

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15 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
RomaniansPG000899RomaniansRomania16,300,000No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG048833RomaniansItaly1,305,000No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG042354RomaniansSpain672,000Engaged yet UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG048048RomaniansUnited Kingdom383,000Engaged yet UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG043611RomaniansUnited States173,000No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG042371RomaniansBelgium125,000Unengaged and UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG043462RomaniansCanada106,000Engaged yet UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG000835RomaniansHungary96,500No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG049963RomaniansAustria84,500No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG048049RomaniansIreland32,500No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG000192RomaniansFrance13,000No Longer UnreachedFrenchEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG050033RomaniansCzech Republic13,000No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG024083RomaniansAzerbaijan2,000Unengaged and UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG016490RomaniansVenezuela1,500No Longer UnreachedRomanianRoman Catholicism
RomaniansPG024634RomaniansTurkmenistan90Unengaged and UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity

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

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