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The Yemeni Arabs of Saudi Arabia

The Yemeni Arabs of Saudi Arabia, numbering approximately 259,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Arab diaspora people of Yemeni origin in Saudi Arabia, descended from migrants from neighboring Yemen who maintain ties to the broader Yemeni Arab cultural heritage within the Arabian Peninsula. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Saudi Arabia
People Cluster: Arab, Yemeni
Primary Language(s): Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic (acq)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 259,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011940
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
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Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Speakers

Media Resources in Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic:

Films:
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JESUS View Film
Magdalena View Film

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Bible Resources in Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic:

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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): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% 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 Yemeni Arabs:
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Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life"
readJohn 4:13-14

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will drink of the living water that only Christ can provide and never thirst again.

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
readIsaiah 40:11

Pray that the lost will come to know the tender care of the Good Shepherd, who gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
readHebrews 10:36

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will patiently endure suffering and hardships and do God's will so that they may receive what He has promised.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

Ask God to raise up and send out believers cross-culturally who will go out in His authority and be sustained by His peace as they share the gospel with the lost.

Arab, Yemeni Across Countries (ROP3 - 109729) reported in the following countries:

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13 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▲ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Yemini Arabs PG050485 Yemini Arabs Canada 7,100 Engaged yet Unreached Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Sunni Islam
Yemeni Arabs PG042759 Yemeni Arabs Kuwait 8,500 Unengaged and Unreached Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Sunni Islam
Yemeni Arabs PG011896 Yemeni Arabs Oman 25,500 Unengaged and Unreached Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Sunni Islam
Yemeni Arabs PG042862 Yemeni Arabs Sudan 35,000 Unengaged and Unreached Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Sunni Islam
Yemeni Arabs PG042743 Yemeni Arabs Ethiopia 40,000 Unengaged and Unreached Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Sunni Islam
Yemeni Arabs PG047588 Yemeni Arabs United States 55,000 Engaged yet Unreached Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Shia Islam
Yemeni Arabs PG015315 Yemeni Arabs Madagascar 63,500 Engaged yet Unreached Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Sunni Islam
Yemeni Arabs PG042710 Yemeni Arabs Eritrea 71,000 Unengaged and Unreached Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Sunni Islam
Djiboutian Arabs PG011483 Djiboutian Arabs Djibouti 80,500 Unengaged and Unreached Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Shia Islam
Yemeni Arabs PG012262 Yemeni Arabs United Arab Emirates 214,000 Unengaged and Unreached Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Sunni Islam
Yemeni Arabs PG011940 Yemeni Arabs Saudi Arabia 259,000 Unengaged and Unreached Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Sunni Islam
Yemeni Arabs PG011516 Yemeni Arabs Egypt 1,085,000 Engaged yet Unreached Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Sunni Islam
Southern Yemeni Arabs PG012274 Southern Yemeni Arabs Yemen 12,200,000 Engaged yet Unreached Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic Sunni Islam

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