The Spaniards of Spain

The Spaniards of Spain, numbering approximately 31,920,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as 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 are an Indigenous people, with Spaniard as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Spanish people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Spanish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Spain
People Cluster: Spanish
Primary Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 31,920,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Dispersed CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000535
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

69%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Spanish Speakers

Media Resources in Spanish:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Spaniards 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 Spaniards:
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 Spaniards of Spain

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
readRevelation 3:20

Pray that those who have not opened their hearts to Jesus will hear His knock and invite Him in as their Savior and Lord.

I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
readDaniel 7:13-14

Pray that the gospel will advance so that all peoples will come to know the Son of Man, who has been given dominion and glory and a kingdom, and that they will bow before Him and serve Him forever.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
readJohn 10:29

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember that they can never lose their salvation

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
readIsaiah 58:7

As believers cross cultures to share the good news of Christ, pray that God will sustain them and grow their faith as He gives them the compassion necessary to minister well to those in need.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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19 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SpaniardsSpaniardsSpain31,920,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsFrance248,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsGermany184,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsUnited Kingdom159,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsUnited States85,500Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsSwitzerland85,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsBelgium50,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsItaly27,500Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsAndorra24,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishUnaffiliated
SpaniardsSpaniardsNetherlands19,500Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsAustralia19,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsAngola18,500Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsPortugal16,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsIreland15,500No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsCanada13,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsAustria7,400Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsDenmark5,400Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsTrinidad and Tobago4,300Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsSpaniardsNew Caledonia2,900Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism

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