The Algerian Arabs of Netherlands

The Algerian Arabs of Netherlands, numbering approximately 8,700 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community of Arabic‑speaking Algerians whose cultural identity formed through centuries of Arab settlement, Islamization, and interaction with Indigenous Amazigh (Berber) peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Algerian Arabic is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Netherlands
People Cluster: Arab, Maghreb
Primary Language(s): Algerian Arabic (arq)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 8,700
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000393
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Algerian Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Algerian Speakers

Media Resources in Algerian Arabic:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Bible Resources in Algerian Arabic:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
United Bible Societies✓

1 entry

Or check out the Algerian Arabic bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Algerian Arabs are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Algerian Arabs:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Algerian Arabs of Netherlands

While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
readLuke 9:42

Pray that those who are living outside of the hope of the gospel will know and trust that Jesus offers freedom from the oppression of sin and hope in eternal life.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that the lost will not perish but come to repentance and that God's patience and long-suffering will lead them to salvation.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
readRomans 12:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will offer their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, knowing that this is their spiritual worship.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Arab, Algerian Across Countries (ROP3 - 100226) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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10 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▼PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsUnited States25,500Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsTunisia301,000Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsSpain67,500Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsNetherlands8,700Engaged yet UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsItaly27,500Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsFrance1,735,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsCanada72,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsBurkina Faso25,000Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicFolk Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsBelgium28,500Unengaged and UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam
Algerian ArabsAlgerian ArabsAlgeria35,020,000Engaged yet UnreachedAlgerian ArabicSunni Islam

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