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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Germans of Austria

The Germans of Austria, numbering approximately 318,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a West Germanic people of Central Europe whose culture has been shaped by a long history of regional diversity, urban and rural traditions, Christianity, industrialization, and strong civic institutions They are an Diaspora people, with German as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Germanic people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Unaffiliated. They primarily speak German, Standard.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Austria
People Cluster: Germanic
Primary Language(s): German, Standard (deu)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 318,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000018
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

49%
%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: German, Standard
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
German, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in German, Standard:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in German, Standard:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1545 Luther Bibel✓
1905 Darby Unrevidierte Elberfel✓
1912 Luther Bibel✓
1971 Darby Unrevidierte Elberfel✓
Hoffnung für alle®✓

5 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the German, Standard bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Germans 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 Germans:
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 Germans of Austria

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
readPsalm 10:17-18

Pray that God, in accordance with His good character, will give justice to those who are oppressed by sin and that they will know that His offer of salvation is for everyone.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. For kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.
readPsalm 22:27-28

Pray that entire families will turn to the Lord in repentance and faith, and that they will worship Him and declare His righteousness to the nations.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.
readRevelation 21:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and walk through challenges, they will find comfort in God's promise of a beautiful future when there is no pain or suffering for those who belong to Christ.

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
read3 John 1:2

Ask God to grant protection and good health — both physical and spiritual — to those He sends cross-culturally to share the gospel.

German Across Countries (ROP3 - 103305) reported in the following countries:

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24 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GermansPG043248GermansUnited States913,000No Longer UnreachedGerman, StandardUnaffiliated
GermansPG000588GermansSwitzerland318,000No Longer UnreachedGerman, StandardRoman Catholicism
GermansPG046655GermansSpain112,000Engaged yet UnreachedGerman, StandardRoman Catholicism
GermansPG015500GermansSouth Africa578,000No Longer UnreachedGerman, StandardUnaffiliated
GermansPG000979GermansSlovenia6,300Engaged yet UnreachedGerman, StandardUnaffiliated
GermansPG018440GermansSingapore2,000Engaged yet UnreachedGerman, StandardProtestantism
GermansPG000875GermansPoland45,000No Longer UnreachedGerman, StandardRoman Catholicism
GermansPG017238GermansParaguay225,000Engaged yet UnreachedGerman, StandardUnaffiliated
GermansPG000408GermansNetherlands578,000Engaged yet UnreachedGerman, StandardRoman Catholicism
GermansPG015441GermansNamibia27,000Engaged yet UnreachedGerman, StandardRoman Catholicism
GermansPG024958GermansMexico13,500Unengaged and UnreachedGerman, StandardRoman Catholicism
GermansPG000369GermansLuxembourg33,000No Longer UnreachedGerman, StandardRoman Catholicism
GermansPG000364GermansLiechtenstein1,300No Longer UnreachedGerman, StandardRoman Catholicism
GermansPG048816GermansKazakhstan219,000Engaged yet UnreachedRussianUnaffiliated
GermansPG000830GermansHungary35,000Engaged yet UnreachedGerman, StandardUnaffiliated
GermansPG000239GermansGermany69,100,000Engaged yet UnreachedGerman, StandardRoman Catholicism
GermansPG000086GermansDenmark28,500Engaged yet UnreachedGerman, StandardRoman Catholicism
GermansPG000771GermansCzech Republic22,500No Longer UnreachedGerman, StandardUnaffiliated
GermansPG043397GermansCanada774,000Engaged yet UnreachedGerman, StandardUnaffiliated
GermansPG016846GermansBrazil589,000Engaged yet UnreachedGerman, StandardRoman Catholicism
GermansPG017403GermansBolivia265,000Engaged yet UnreachedGerman, StandardUnaffiliated
GermansPG000056GermansBelgium80,000No Longer UnreachedGerman, StandardRoman Catholicism
GermansPG000018GermansAustria318,000Engaged yet UnreachedGerman, StandardUnaffiliated
GermansPG007907GermansAustralia123,000No Longer UnreachedGerman, StandardUnaffiliated

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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