The British of Malaysia

The British of Malaysia, numbering approximately 17,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a people of the United Kingdom sharing a common British national identity, derived from the historic integration of English, Scottish, and Welsh populations and primarily associated with the English language. They mostly adhere to Unaffiliated and English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Malaysia
People Cluster: Anglo-Celt
Primary Language(s): English (eng)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 17,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009217
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

65%
%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: English
Language Family:

100%
%
English Speakers

Media Resources in English:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The British are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the British:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the British of Malaysia

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that those who haven't heard will hear the Word of Christ and believe in Him, calling upon the name of the Lord to be saved.

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.
readMatthew 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.

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
readRomans 10:13

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and sometimes have doubts, God will help them remember and trust the power of Jesus to save them from their sins.

And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation, but as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."
readRomans 15:20-21

Pray that God will send believers to cross cultures and proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that the nations might glorify God for His mercy.

British Across Countries (ROP3 - 102927) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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44 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BritishBritishVenezuela7,200No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishZimbabwe5,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBarbados7,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBelize3,100No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBritish Virgin Islands1,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishCayman Islands14,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishColombia3,700No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishGrenada2,800No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishGuyana2,300No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishJamaica28,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishTrinidad and Tobago13,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishZambia35,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishArgentina10,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishChile6,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishPeru9,300No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishSingapore60,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishNew Zealand92,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishUnited Kingdom46,470,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishUnited States775,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishCanada1,300,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishIndia43,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishSweden32,000No Longer UnreachedSwedishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishKenya57,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishGibraltar4,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishLuxembourg7,700No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishMalta11,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishMonaco2,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBangladesh11,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishNepal3,300No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishPakistan19,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishSri Lanka21,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
BritishBritishBrunei6,600No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishMalaysia17,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishGermany117,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishTanzania10,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishUganda4,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishAngola2,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishBotswana7,100No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishLesotho425No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishMalawi13,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishNamibia2,400No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishSeychelles4,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishSouth Africa2,215,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated
BritishBritishEswatini2,800No Longer UnreachedEnglishUnaffiliated

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