Levantine Arabs of United Kingdom (PGID: PG000662)

PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Levantine Arabs of United Kingdom

The Levantine Arabs of United Kingdom, numbering approximately 512,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Arab community of Syrian and Lebanese descent, often grouped together due to shared historical, linguistic, and cultural ties. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Standard Arabic is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: United Kingdom
People Cluster: Arab, Levant
Primary Language(s): Standard Arabic (arb)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 512,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000662

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%

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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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Levantine 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 Levantine 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 Levantine Arabs of United Kingdom

The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever!
Psalm 22:26

Pray that the lost will feel a deep hunger for God, be drawn to Him in their affliction, and find lasting satisfaction and salvation in Him alone.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Matthew 13: 45-46

Pray that they will recognize the treasure of knowing Christ Jesus and be willing to give up everything else to gain Him.

And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
Acts 16:15

Pray that God will bring entire families and households to faith in Him and raise up servant-leaders from among them.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
Matthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

Arab, Levantine Across Countries (ROP3 - 109667) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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16 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG024574	Levantine Arabs	Turkiye	1,460,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Folk Islam
PG000662	Levantine Arabs	United Kingdom	512,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG000573	Levantine Arabs	Sweden	406,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG012216	Levantine Arabs	Tunisia	251,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG011511	Levantine Arabs	Egypt	218,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG020267	Levantine Arabs	Australia	196,000	No Longer Unreached	Gulf Arabic	Roman Catholicism
PG042458	Middle Eastern Arabs	Germany	104,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG013104	Levantine Arabs	Cote d’Ivoire	67,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG000489	Levantine Arabs	Portugal	23,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG013440	Levantine Arabs	Guinea-Bissau	11,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Folk Islam
PG016381	Levantine Arabs	Haiti	5,700	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG017480	Levantine Arabs	Ecuador	3,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG013421	Levantine Arabs	Guinea	1,300	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Folk Islam
PG016402	Levantine Arabs	Curacao	325	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG016213	Levantine Arabs	British Virgin Islands	60	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG016310	Levantine Arabs	Dominica	50	Unengaged and Unreached	Standard Arabic	Sunni Islam

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