The Spaniards of Netherlands

The Spaniards of Netherlands, numbering approximately 19,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Southern European people whose culture has been shaped by the interaction of Iberian, Roman, Visigothic, Islamic, Jewish, and Christian traditions, as well as centuries of regional development within the Iberian Peninsula. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Spanish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Netherlands
People Cluster: Spanish
Primary Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 19,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000435
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

92%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Spanish Speakers

Media Resources in Spanish:

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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 Spaniards:
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Pray specifically for the Spaniards of Netherlands

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
readTitus 3:3

Pray for those who seek worldly pleasures instead of God to flee from sin and choose God’s goodness and lovingkindness by placing their faith in Jesus.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
read1 Peter 2:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will proclaim the good news and the lost will recognize their need for the Shepherd and turn to Jesus Christ in faith.

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, “We will hear you again about this.”
readActs 17:32

Ask God to give those He sends to cross cultures wisdom and discernment as they engage in spiritual conversations with those who are curious about the gospel.

Spaniard Across Countries (ROP3 - 109534) reported in the following countries:

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19 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
SpaniardsSpaniardsSwitzerland85,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsUnited States86,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsCanada13,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsBelgium50,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsGermany184,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsAustralia19,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsNew Caledonia2,900Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsTrinidad and Tobago4,300Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsAngola18,500Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsUnited Kingdom159,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsAndorra24,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishUnaffiliated
SpaniardsSpaniardsSpain31,920,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsPortugal16,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsNetherlands19,500Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsItaly27,500Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsIreland15,500No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsFrance248,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsDenmark5,400Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsAustria7,400Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism

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