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The Romanian Jews of Israel

The Romanian Jews of Israel, numbering approximately 220,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a repatriated diaspora community of Romanian Jews in Israel. They mostly adhere to Judaism and Romanian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Jewish Peoples
Country: Israel
People Cluster: Jews
Primary Language(s): Romanian (ron)
Primary Religion(s): Judaism
Population: 220,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011759
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Pray for the Romanian Jews of Israel

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Judaism
Religious Affiliation: Judaism

90%
%
Judaism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Romanian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Romanian Speakers

Media Resources in Romanian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Romanian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2000 Bible League International✓
Dumitru Cornilescu / Библия Думитру Корнилеску 1924✓
Interconfessional Version✓✓
Noua Traducere Românească (NTR)✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Romanian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Romanian Jews 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 Romanian Jews:
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 Romanian Jews of Israel

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
readRomans 5:7-8

Pray for the many who don't yet understand the hope of the gospel, and pray that God will reveal to them that while they were in darkness, Christ died for them.

And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
readLuke 7:50

Pray for the good news of Jesus Christ to reach many so that they can place their faith in Him and have lasting hope.

For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God. Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
readPsalm 86:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord with all their heart, knowing that He is the one true God and will teach them His ways.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

Jew, Romanian Across Countries (ROP3 - 111222) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Romanian JewsPG011759Romanian JewsIsrael220,000Engaged yet UnreachedRomanianJudaism

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