The Hungarians of Australia

The Hungarians of Australia, numbering approximately 19,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Central European people whose culture reflects a unique combination of Uralic linguistic heritage, centuries of life in the Carpathian Basin, and extensive interaction with Germanic, Slavic, Balkan, and Turkic populations. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Hungarian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Australia
People Cluster: Hungarian
Primary Language(s): Hungarian (hun)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 19,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG007934
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

39%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hungarian
Language Family: Uralic

100%
%
Hungarian Speakers

Media Resources in Hungarian:

Films:
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MagdalenaView Film

3 films

Bible Resources in Hungarian:

Or check out the Hungarian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hungarians 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 Hungarians:
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 Hungarians of Australia

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that those who are lost and unaware of God's blessings will come to know Him as the one true God, put their trust in Him, and join in praising Him among the nations.

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
readPsalm 34:8

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many will have the opportunity to taste and see the goodness of God and entrust their lives to Him.

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
readLamentations 3:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and walk through trials, they will be satisfied with the Lord as their portion and will place all their hope in Him.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

Hungarian Across Countries (ROP3 - 103918) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

14 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HungariansHungariansSlovenia6,700Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansCroatia15,500Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansAustralia19,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansSweden32,500Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianUnaffiliated
HungariansHungariansCanada42,000No Longer UnreachedHungarianUnaffiliated
HungariansHungariansAustria64,500No Longer UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansUnited States83,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansUnited Kingdom104,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansUkraine118,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianEastern Orthodox Christianity
HungariansHungariansFrance250,000Unengaged and UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansSerbia338,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansSlovakia519,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansRomania1,255,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansHungary8,885,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism

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