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The Latvians of Germany

The Latvians of Germany, numbering approximately 39,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Latvian community in Germany that maintains the language, traditions, and cultural heritage of the Latvian people while sustaining ties to both Latvia and the wider Latvian diaspora. They mostly adhere to Unaffiliated and Standard Latvian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Germany
People Cluster: Baltic
Primary Language(s): Standard Latvian (lvs)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 39,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000251
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

38%
%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Standard Latvian
Language Family: Atlantic-Congo

100%
%
Latvian, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in Standard Latvian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Standard Latvian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1953 British and Foreign Bible Society✓
New Latvian Interconfessional Bible✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Standard Latvian 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): Pioneer Unreached People Group, (LPI: 1), 0.1% or Greater but Less than 0.5% 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 Latvians:
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Pray specifically for the Latvians of Germany

That they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:27

Pray that those who don't yet know Christ will search diligently for God and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!
readPsalm 96:8

Pray for people here to humbly give God the glory due His name.

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!
readPsalm 105:3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will glory in His holy name and that their hearts will rejoice.

And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation, but as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."
readRomans 15:20-21

Pray that God will send believers to cross cultures and proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that the nations might glorify God for His mercy.

Latvian Across Countries (ROP3 - 105674) reported in the following countries:

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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
LatviansPG000251LatviansGermany39,500Unengaged and UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG000557LatviansSweden9,400Unengaged and UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG000654LatviansUnited Kingdom95,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG000844LatviansLatvia1,070,000No Longer UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG024285LatviansKazakhstan2,400No Longer UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG043321LatviansUnited States112,000No Longer UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated
LatviansPG043430LatviansCanada16,000No Longer UnreachedStandard LatvianUnaffiliated

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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