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The Basque of Venezuela

The Basque of Venezuela, numbering approximately 5,300 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are citizens and permanent residents of Venezuela who trace their ethnic identity to the Basque region in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Basque is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Basque

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Venezuela
People Cluster: Basque
Primary Language(s): Basque (eus)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 5,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016460
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

83%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Basque
Language Family: Basque

100%
%
Basque Speakers

Media Resources in Basque:

Films:
Title Link
JESUS View Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Basque:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
1571 Navarro-Labourdin ✓
Elizen Arteko Biblia (EAB) Biblia en Euskara, Traducción Interconfesional ✓ ✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Basque bible at Bible.com

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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 Basque:
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Pray specifically for the Basque of Venezuela

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
readLamentations 3:23-23

Pray that they will have hope in the Lord, knowing that His compassions never fails and that His mercies are new every morning.

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
readColossians 2:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be rooted and built up in Him, abounding in thanksgiving for the grace and mercy He has shown them.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

Basque Across Countries (ROP3 - 101106) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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6 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Basque PG000511 Basque Spain 2,215,000 Engaged yet Unreached Basque Unaffiliated
Basque PG000135 Basque France 955,000 No Longer Unreached Basque Roman Catholicism
Basque PG043533 Basque United States 31,500 Engaged yet Unreached Basque Roman Catholicism
Basque PG017437 Basque Chile 8,100 Unengaged and Unreached Basque Roman Catholicism
Basque PG050493 Basque Canada 7,500 Engaged yet Unreached Basque Unaffiliated
Basque PG016460 Basque Venezuela 5,300 Unengaged and Unreached Basque Roman Catholicism

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