The Arabs of Austria

The Arabs of Austria, numbering approximately 101,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a diverse ethnolinguistic group whose identity is shaped by a combination of language, culture, history, and geography. Arabs are native to the Arabian Peninsula, Levant, North Africa, and parts of the Horn of Africa. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Standard Arabic is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Austria
People Cluster: Arab, Arabian
Primary Language(s): Standard Arabic (arb)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 101,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000004
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

95%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Standard Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in Standard Arabic:

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Bible Resources in Standard Arabic:

Or check out the Standard Arabic 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

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Pray specifically for the Arabs of Austria

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
readMatthew 5:16

Pray that those who are deceived about what brings peace will not settle for any lies they’ve heard about God and will diligently seek Him and be satisfied when they learn the truth about who He is and what He’s done.

And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
readZechariah 2:11

Pray that many will take refuge in the Lord and be His people who share the good news of salvation in Jesus with others.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
read1 Peter 2:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their identity as God's chosen people, royal priests, and holy nation, living out their faith with purity and devotion.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

Arab Across Countries (ROP3 - 100425) reported in the following countries:

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23 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
ArabsArabsTanzania509,000Engaged yet UnreachedSwahili (individual language)Sunni Islam
ArabsArabsGreece34,500Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsMaldives750Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsIndia62,500Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsNew Zealand10,000No Longer UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsMalaysia18,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsArgentina1,580,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishSunni Islam
ArabsArabsBrazil492,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsJamaica2,100Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsBarbados150Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsSouth Africa16,000No Longer UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsComoros900Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsAustria101,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsKenya57,000Engaged yet UnreachedSwahili (individual language)Sunni Islam
ArabsArabsCongo, Democratic Republic of the32,500Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsBurundi3,800Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsGhana3,300Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsEthiopia13,500Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsAustralia161,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsPakistan248,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsSwitzerland75,500Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsMalta10,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsArabsDenmark96,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam

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