The Dutch of Luxembourg

The Dutch of Luxembourg, numbering approximately 4,200 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a West Germanic people native to the Netherlands whose culture has been shaped by maritime trade, water management, urbanization, commercial exchange, and a long tradition of local self-government and civic cooperation. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Dutch is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Luxembourg
People Cluster: Germanic
Primary Language(s): Dutch (nld)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 4,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000367
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

70%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dutch
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Dutch Speakers

Media Resources in Dutch:

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Bible Resources in Dutch:

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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 Dutch:
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Pray specifically for the Dutch of Luxembourg

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
read1 John 1:9

Pray that God, who is faithful and just, will open the eyes of those who are lost and draw them to confess their sins and trust in Him to grant forgiveness.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise).
readEphesians 6:1-2

Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
readPsalm 56:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's promises, knowing that He will uphold them with His righteous right hand.

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.

Dutch Across Countries (ROP3 - 102787) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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13 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▲NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DutchDutchAustria3,300No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchDenmark6,300No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchLuxembourg4,200Unengaged and UnreachedDutchProtestantism
DutchDutchNetherlands14,190,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchSweden12,500Unengaged and UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchAustralia80,500No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchSouth Africa312,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchNew Zealand37,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchAruba4,300Unengaged and UnreachedDutchProtestantism
DutchDutchCuracao12,500No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchUnited States1,685,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchCanada138,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchDutchSint Maarten2,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated

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