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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Basque of Spain

The Basque of Spain, numbering approximately 2,215,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are citizens and permanent residents of Spain who trace their ethnic identity to the Basque region in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain. They mostly adhere to Unaffiliated and Basque is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Spain
People Cluster: Basque
Primary Language(s): Basque (eus)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 2,215,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000511
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

70%
%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Basque
Language Family:

45%
%
Basque Speakers

Media Resources in Basque:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Basque:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1571 Navarro-Labourdin✓
Elizen Arteko Biblia (EAB) Biblia en Euskara, Traducción Interconfesional✓✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Basque bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Basque 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 Basque:
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 Basque of Spain

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.
readIsaiah 59:2

Pray that those who are separated from God will turn to Him in humility and repentance, seeking His forgiveness and the restoration of a right relationship with their Heavenly Father.

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.

Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
readPsalm 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and still struggle with the worries of this life, God will deliver them from worry for the sake of His steadfast love.

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
readActs 17:30

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will boldly and lovingly declare that God commands all people everywhere to repent.

Basque Across Countries (ROP3 - 101106) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BasquePG000511BasqueSpain2,215,000Engaged yet UnreachedBasqueUnaffiliated
BasquePG000135BasqueFrance955,000No Longer UnreachedBasqueRoman Catholicism
BasquePG043533BasqueUnited States31,500Engaged yet UnreachedBasqueRoman Catholicism
BasquePG017437BasqueChile8,100Unengaged and UnreachedBasqueRoman Catholicism
BasquePG050493BasqueCanada7,500Engaged yet UnreachedBasqueUnaffiliated
BasquePG016460BasqueVenezuela5,300Unengaged and UnreachedBasqueRoman Catholicism

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