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The Estonians of Canada

The Estonians of Canada, numbering approximately 10,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Finnic people of the eastern Baltic coast, speakers of Estonian, historically Lutheran but among the least religious populations in Europe, with a revived pre-Christian Maausk tradition and strong song-festival and sauna traditions. They mostly adhere to Agnosticism and Standard Estonian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Finno-Ugric
Primary Language(s): Standard Estonian (ekk)
Primary Religion(s): Agnosticism
Population: 10,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043392
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Agnosticism
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

80%
%
Agnosticism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Standard Estonian
Language Family: Uralic

100%
%
Estonian, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in Standard Estonian:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Standard Estonian:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Standard Estonian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Estonians are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Estonians:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Estonians of Canada

He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him
readLuke 10:34

Pray that the lost among them will experience the kind of compassion Jesus taught His followers to show others, and that they will trust in Him because He is the one who brings healing to the broken and lost.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
readJohn 14:3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hope in trials because they know that Jesus will one day take them to be with Him forever.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
readEphesians 6:12

Ask God to give those He sends to cross cultures the discernment they need to recognize the spiritual battle they are fighting. Pray God will protect their faith as they abide in Him.

Estonian Across Countries (ROP3 - 102954) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
EstoniansPG000779EstoniansEstonia899,000No Longer UnreachedStandard EstonianAgnosticism
EstoniansPG000552EstoniansSweden13,500Unengaged and UnreachedStandard EstonianAgnosticism
EstoniansPG000629EstoniansUnited Kingdom13,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard EstonianAgnosticism
EstoniansPG043392EstoniansCanada10,500No Longer UnreachedStandard EstonianAgnosticism
EstoniansPG043235EstoniansUnited States7,200Engaged yet UnreachedStandard EstonianAgnosticism
EstoniansPG024267EstoniansKazakhstan2,400Unengaged and UnreachedStandard EstonianAgnosticism
EstoniansPG024673EstoniansUzbekistan1,600Unengaged and UnreachedStandard EstonianAgnosticism

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

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