Arabs of Switzerland (PGID: PG000580)

The Arabs of Switzerland

The Arabs of Switzerland, numbering approximately 75,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a diverse ethnolinguistic group whose identity is shaped by a combination of language, culture, history, and geography. Arabs are native to the Arabian Peninsula, Levant, North Africa, and parts of the Horn of Africa. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Standard Arabic is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Switzerland
People Cluster: Arab, Arabian
Primary Language(s): Standard Arabic (arb)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 75,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000580

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

60%

Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Standard Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%

Arabic, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in Standard Arabic:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
The Savior	View Film
The Savior	View Film

6 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Standard Arabic:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
Easy to Read Version		✓	✓
Good News Version		✓
Sharif (Iraqi) Version	✓	✓	✓
Sharif Version	✓	✓	✓
Standard Arabic (Gulf)		✓
Van Dyke Version - multi voice	✓	✓	✓
Van Dyke Version - single voice	✓	✓	✓

7 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Standard Arabic bible at Bible.com

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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

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Pray specifically for the Arabs of Switzerland

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
Isaiah 48:11

Pray that those who have been living for their own glory will turn to the One who is worthy of all praise and find their true identity in Him.

"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool."
Isaiah 1:18

Pray that God will make a way for the gospel to reach many through means they can understand and access, that they will receive the good news with joy, and that they will experience complete forgiveness and cleansing from their sin that Jesus offers through His sacrifice.

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
Hebrews 10:39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, and faithfully follow God, they will share Christ boldly with those around them.

And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
Matthew 10:14-15

Pray for God to raise up and send out believers to share the gospel with those in this people group who do not yet follow Christ. Pray that they will be welcomed with open arms so that the people they share with will hear and receive the good news with joy.

Arab Across Countries (ROP3 - 100425) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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23 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country ▲	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG017321	Arabs	Argentina	1,580,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Spanish	Sunni Islam
PG007830	Arabs	Australia	161,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG000004	Arabs	Austria	101,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG016194	Arabs	Barbados	150	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG016532	Arabs	Brazil	492,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG014463	Arabs	Burundi	3,800	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG015270	Arabs	Comoros	900	Engaged yet Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG014477	Arabs	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	32,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG000078	Arabs	Denmark	96,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG011545	Arabs	Ethiopia	13,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG013266	Arabs	Ghana	3,300	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG047072	Arabs	Greece	34,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG041734	Arabs	India	62,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG016383	Arabs	Jamaica	2,100	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG014761	Arabs	Kenya	57,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Swahili (individual language)	Sunni Islam
PG018465	Arabs	Malaysia	18,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042248	Arabs	Maldives	750	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG000374	Arabs	Malta	10,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG018478	Arabs	New Zealand	10,000	No Longer Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG006321	Arabs	Pakistan	248,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG015486	Arabs	South Africa	16,000	No Longer Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG000580	Arabs	Switzerland	75,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG014900	Arabs	Tanzania	509,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Swahili (individual language)	Sunni Islam

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