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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Hungarians of Canada

The Hungarians of Canada, numbering approximately 42,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a Central European people whose culture reflects a unique combination of Uralic linguistic heritage, centuries of life in the Carpathian Basin, and extensive interaction with Germanic, Slavic, Balkan, and Turkic populations They are an Diaspora people, with Hungarian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Hungarian people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Unaffiliated. They primarily speak Hungarian.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Hungarian
Primary Language(s): Hungarian (hun)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 42,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043408
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

67%
%
Unaffiliated 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

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Hungarians 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 Hungarians:
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 Hungarians of Canada

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.

Come and see what God has done: he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
readPsalm 66:5

Pray that many here will come and see what the Creator God has done on their behalf.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
readPsalm 23:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's presence, even in the darkest valleys.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
readPsalm 51:2

Pray that God will raise up believers to go and share the gospel with those in this people group who need to be washed of their iniquity and cleansed from their sins.

Hungarian Across Countries (ROP3 - 103918) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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14 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HungariansPG000831HungariansHungary8,895,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansPG000896HungariansRomania1,260,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansPG000971HungariansSlovakia520,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansPG047841HungariansSerbia340,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansPG042481HungariansFrance250,000Unengaged and UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansPG048583HungariansUkraine118,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianEastern Orthodox Christianity
HungariansPG000642HungariansUnited Kingdom105,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansPG043271HungariansUnited States82,500Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansPG000021HungariansAustria64,500No Longer UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansPG043408HungariansCanada42,000No Longer UnreachedHungarianUnaffiliated
HungariansPG000555HungariansSweden32,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianUnaffiliated
HungariansPG007934HungariansAustralia19,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansPG000759HungariansCroatia15,500Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansPG000980HungariansSlovenia6,700Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism

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

*Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

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