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The Austrians of Italy

The Austrians of Italy, numbering approximately 272,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a German-speaking Central European ethnonational population whose identity is rooted in the historical territories of Austria and shaped by centuries of Habsburg rule. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Bavarian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Italy
People Cluster: Germanic
Primary Language(s): Bavarian (bar)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 272,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000314
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

88%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bavarian
Language Family: Indo-European

92%
%
Bavarian Speakers

Media Resources in Bavarian:

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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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For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRom 6:23

Pray that those who haven't heard yet will hear and believe that the wages of their sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
readPsalm 25:5

Pray that the gospel will advance and that God will lead people in His truth, bringing many to salvation.

Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
readPsalm 111:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will praise the Lord with their whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Austrian, Bavarian Across Countries (ROP3 - 100626) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
AustriansPG000005AustriansAustria7,255,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanRoman Catholicism
AustriansPG000314AustriansItaly272,000Unengaged and UnreachedBavarianRoman Catholicism
AustriansPG043530AustriansUnited States40,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanUnaffiliated
AustriansPG050499AustriansCanada23,000Unengaged and UnreachedBavarianRoman Catholicism

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