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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Dutch of South Africa

The Dutch of South Africa, numbering approximately 312,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a West Germanic people native to the Netherlands whose culture has been shaped by maritime trade, water management, urbanization, commercial exchange, and a long tradition of local self-government and civic cooperation They are an Diaspora people, with Dutch as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Germanic people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Unaffiliated and Dutch is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: South Africa
People Cluster: Germanic
Primary Language(s): Dutch (nld)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 312,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG015496
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

56%
%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dutch
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Dutch Speakers

Media Resources in Dutch:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film

4 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Dutch:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1750 Dutch Staten Vertaling Bible✓
Herziene Statenvertaling (HSV)✓✓✓
Het Boek✓
New Dutch Translation (de Nieuwe Bijbelvertaling)✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Dutch bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Dutch 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 Dutch:
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 Dutch of South Africa

Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
readProverbs 30:5

Pray that those who don't yet know God will trust the flawless Word of God and seek refuge in Him, finding hope and salvation instead of remaining in spiritual darkness.

And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
readActs 6:7

Pray that the Word of God will be increasingly available to these people in ways they will resonate with so that all may have a chance to respond to the good news of Jesus Christ.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
readPhilippians 2:5-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will imitate His humility in all they do.

I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessing.
read1 Corinthians 9:23

Ask God to give believers a deep desire to share the gospel with those who don't know the truth about God's redemption plan, and to provide them with opportunities to do so cross-culturally.

Dutch Across Countries (ROP3 - 102787) reported in the following countries:

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13 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
DutchPG000031DutchAustria3,300No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG000084DutchDenmark6,300No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG000403DutchNetherlands14,190,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG000551DutchSweden12,500Unengaged and UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG007883DutchAustralia80,500No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG015496DutchSouth Africa312,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG018490DutchNew Zealand37,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG022319DutchCuracao12,500No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG043227DutchUnited States1,685,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG043386DutchCanada138,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG048870DutchSint Maarten2,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG000367DutchLuxembourg4,200Unengaged and UnreachedDutchProtestantism
DutchPG022312DutchAruba4,300Unengaged and UnreachedDutchProtestantism

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