Ashkenazi Jews of Germany (PGID: PG000246)

The Ashkenazi Jews of Germany

The Ashkenazi Jews of Germany, numbering approximately 8,600 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Jewish ethnocultural community originating in medieval Central Europe and later concentrated in Eastern Europe, historically linked by Yiddish language, shared ancestry, and distinctive religious and cultural traditions. They mostly adhere to Judaism and Eastern Yiddish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Jewish Peoples
Country: Germany
People Cluster: Jews
Primary Language(s): Eastern Yiddish (ydd)
Primary Religion(s): Judaism
Population: 8,600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000246

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Judaism
Religious Affiliation: Judaism

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Judaism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Eastern Yiddish
Language Family: Indo-European

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Yiddish, Eastern Speakers

Media Resources in Eastern Yiddish:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Eastern Yiddish:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
Einspruch		✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Eastern Yiddish 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): Expanding Unreached People Group, (LPI: 2), 0.5% or Greater but Less than 2% 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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And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
Acts 4:12

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I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4

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For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them.
1 Corinthians 9:19

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hearts that want to serve the lost around them so that many might come to faith in Jesus.

For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will be faithful as they walk through trials and will have an opportunity to be a witness to others in this people group of the goodness of God.

Jew, Ashkenazi Across Countries (ROP3 - 104247) reported in the following countries:

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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11 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG047229	Ashkenazi Jews	United States	192,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Eastern Yiddish	Judaism
PG000833	Ashkenazi Jews	Hungary	48,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Eastern Yiddish	Judaism
PG000593	Ashkenazi Jews	Switzerland	18,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Eastern Yiddish	Judaism
PG024065	Ashkenazi Jews	Azerbaijan	18,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Eastern Yiddish	Judaism
PG043418	Ashkenazi Jews	Canada	13,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Eastern Yiddish	Judaism
PG000246	Ashkenazi Jews	Germany	8,600	Unengaged and Unreached	Eastern Yiddish	Judaism
PG000864	Ashkenazi Jews	Moldova	3,800	Unengaged and Unreached	Eastern Yiddish	Judaism
PG000877	Ashkenazi Jews	Poland	3,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Eastern Yiddish	Judaism
PG000795	Ashkenazi Jews	Georgia	3,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Eastern Yiddish	Judaism
PG024274	Ashkenazi Jews	Kazakhstan	1,400	Unengaged and Unreached	Russian	Judaism
PG024618	Ashkenazi Jews	Turkmenistan	800	Unengaged and Unreached	Eastern Yiddish	Judaism

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