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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Portuguese of Guinea-Bissau

The Portuguese of Guinea-Bissau, numbering approximately 6,600 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Southwestern European people native to Portugal whose culture has been shaped by Atlantic maritime traditions, the Iberian environment, Roman and medieval influences, Roman Catholic heritage, and centuries of overseas exploration and global exchange. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Portuguese is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Guinea-Bissau
People Cluster: Portuguese, European
Primary Language(s): Portuguese (por)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 6,600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG013473
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

95%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Portuguese
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Portuguese Speakers

Media Resources in Portuguese:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

5 films

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Bible Resources in Portuguese:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2014 Bible League International✓
Almeida Corrigida Fiel (ACF)✓
Almeida Revista e Atualizada✓
Almeida Revista e Corrigida✓
João Ferreira de Almeida Atualizada✓
Nova Traducao na Linguagem de Hoje✓✓
Tradução de João Ferreira de Almeida✓
Tradução Interconfessional - a BÍBLIA para todos✓✓

8 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Portuguese bible at Bible.com

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Explore Lostness and Next Steps

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 Portuguese:
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Pray specifically for the Portuguese of Guinea-Bissau

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that those who need to surrender their lives to Christ will confess their sins and trust in Him, being united with Him in His death and resurrection, walking in newness of life.

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
read1 Timothy 2:1-2

Pray that leaders and those in authority will not thwart the spread of the gospel but put their faith in Christ, have hearts that are soft toward their people, and be freed from the temptations that power can bring.

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.
readTitus 3:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and might struggle with temptation to trust in their own works, they will remember that it is only because of God's mercy that they have been saved.

For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
read2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will be faithful as they walk through trials and will have an opportunity to be a witness to others in this people group of the goodness of God.

Portuguese Across Countries (ROP3 - 108129) reported in the following countries:

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20 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
PortuguesePG015623PortugueseZambia3,900Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG013473PortugueseGuinea-Bissau6,600Unengaged and UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG050586PortugueseMacao10,500No Longer UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG017608PortugueseAndorra11,500Unengaged and UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG015671PortugueseZimbabwe15,500Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG017360PortugueseArgentina18,000No Longer UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG015338PortugueseMalawi21,500Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG015411PortugueseMozambique28,500Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG000067PortugueseBelgium56,500Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG000533PortugueseSpain93,500Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG000372PortugueseLuxembourg103,000Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG000264PortugueseGermany143,000Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG000672PortugueseUnited Kingdom177,000Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG016488PortugueseVenezuela240,000No Longer UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG000595PortugueseSwitzerland269,000Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG043365PortugueseCanada309,000No Longer UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG046462PortugueseUnited States863,000No Longer UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG000186PortugueseFrance984,000No Longer UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG015527PortugueseSouth Africa1,090,000Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
PortuguesePG000494PortuguesePortugal9,525,000Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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