The Poles of Czech Republic

The Poles of Czech Republic, numbering approximately 20,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a West Slavic people of Central Europe whose culture has been shaped by Slavic heritage, Roman Catholic traditions, agricultural and urban communities, and a long history of statehood, foreign rule, and national resilience. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Polish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Czech Republic
People Cluster: Slav, Western
Primary Language(s): Polish (pol)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 20,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000773
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

90%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Polish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Polish Speakers

Media Resources in Polish:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Polish:

Or check out the Polish 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): Pioneer Unreached People Group, (LPI: 1), 0.1% or Greater but Less than 0.5% 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 Poles:
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Pray specifically for the Poles of Czech Republic

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
readExodus 2:23-24

As the lost among them labor, groan, and cry out under false religions and sin, pray God will have mercy on them and hear their cries, that He will be their Rescuer from the kingdom of darkness and bring them into the kingdom of light.

O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.
readPsalm 104:24

Pray that they will see the wisdom and power of God in His creation and praise Him for His mighty works.

Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
readPsalm 6:8

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will remind them that He is near and will help them place their hope in Him when others wish to do them harm.

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."
readMatthew 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.

Poles Across Countries (ROP3 - 108096) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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24 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
PolesPolesUzbekistan3,800No Longer UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesVenezuela8,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesDenmark16,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesIceland20,500Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesCzech Republic20,500Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesLatvia46,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesSpain53,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesAustralia53,500Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesAustria58,500Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesKazakhstan62,500No Longer UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesSweden79,500Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesItaly94,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesBelgium101,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesIreland124,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesLithuania179,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesArgentina233,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesBelarus293,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesCanada319,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesUnited States521,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesUnited Kingdom756,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesGermany923,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesUkraine1,270,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesBrazil1,900,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesPoland36,650,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism

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