The Serbs of France

The Serbs of France, numbering approximately 60,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a South Slavic people native to the central Balkans, whose culture has been shaped by Orthodox Christianity, village and kinship traditions, centuries of life under competing empires, and a strong sense of historical and cultural continuity. They mostly adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Serbian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: France
People Cluster: Slav, Southern
Primary Language(s): Serbian (srp)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 60,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000195
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

50%
%
Eastern Orthodox Christia… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Serbian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Serbian Speakers

Media Resources in Serbian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Bible Resources in Serbian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
New Serbian Translation✓

1 entry

Or check out the Serbian 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

Next steps for the Serbs:
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Pray specifically for the Serbs of France

And he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many."
readMark 14:23-24

Pray for those who may have heard the gospel but have not yet submitted their lives to Christ, that they will finally see the sacrifice which He made for them and surrender their lives to Him.

"O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me."
readJohn 17:25

Pray that the lost will come to know the Father and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent, and that they will be filled with His love and grace.

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
read1 Peter 2:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember every day that Jesus' death on the cross brings real healing and restoration to their souls and joyfully share this good news with others.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

Serb Across Countries (ROP3 - 108856) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

18 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
SerbsSerbsFrance60,500Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsBosnia and Herzegovina963,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsArgentina7,400Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianUnaffiliated
SerbsSerbsChile4,100Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianUnaffiliated
SerbsSerbsTurkiye5,400Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsCanada38,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsAustria155,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsItaly36,500Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsSlovenia53,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianRoman Catholicism
SerbsSerbsGermany238,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsCroatia187,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsNorth Macedonia38,500Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsSerbia6,180,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsAustralia35,500Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsZambia3,900Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsUnited States80,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsKosovo76,500Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsSerbsMontenegro200,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity

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