The Algerian Arabs of Algeria

The Algerian Arabs of Algeria, numbering approximately 34,960,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a community of Arabic‑speaking Algerians whose cultural identity formed through centuries of Arab settlement, Islamization, and interaction with Indigenous Amazigh (Berber) peoples They are an Indigenous people, with Arab, Algerian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Arab, Maghreb people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Algerian Arabic.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Algeria
People Cluster: Arab, Maghreb
Primary Language(s): Algerian Arabic (arq)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 34,960,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011251
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Algerian Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Algerian Speakers

Media Resources in Algerian Arabic:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Bible Resources in Algerian Arabic:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
United Bible Societies✓

1 entry

Or check out the Algerian Arabic bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Algerian Arabs 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 Algerian Arabs:
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 Algerian Arabs of Algeria

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
readRomans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
readPsalm 119:97

Pray that the lost will have access to God's Word in their language and treasure it deeply, meditating on God's promises and precepts.

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
readDeuteronomy 6:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hide God's Word in their hearts, let it shape their conversations and daily lives, and pass on their faith to the next generation.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Arab, Algerian Across Countries (ROP3 - 100226) reported in the following countries:

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10 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsAlgeria34,960,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsFrance1,730,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsTunisia300,000Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsCanada72,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsSpain67,500Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsBelgium28,500Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsItaly27,000Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsUnited States25,500Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsBurkina Faso25,000Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicFolk Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsNetherlands8,700Engaged yet UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam

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