The Poles of Brazil

The Poles of Brazil, numbering approximately 1,900,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a West Slavic people of Central Europe whose culture has been shaped by Slavic heritage, Roman Catholic traditions, agricultural and urban communities, and a long history of statehood, foreign rule, and national resilience. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Polish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Slav, Western
Primary Language(s): Polish (pol)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 1,900,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017075
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

86%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Polish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Polish Speakers

Media Resources in Polish:

Films:
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2 films

Bible Resources in Polish:

Or check out the Polish 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 Poles:
Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Pray specifically for the Poles of Brazil

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
readIsaiah 48:11

Pray that those who have been living for their own glory will turn to the One who is worthy of all praise and find their true identity in Him.

For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.
readMalachi 1:11

Pray that they will worship God in spirit and truth, offering Him the sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving that He desires.

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
readHebrews 10:26

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will live with reverence for God and not deliberately keep sinning after they receive the knowledge of the truth.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Praise the God who is able to make a way forward, even when it seems impossible. Ask Him to do a new thing among this people group specifically and among the nations, raising up believers to go and share the gospel with individuals and places where it has not flourished before.

Poles Across Countries (ROP3 - 108096) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

24 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
PolesPolesIceland20,500Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesBelgium101,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesBelarus293,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesItaly94,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesIreland124,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesUnited States521,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesCanada319,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesUkraine1,275,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesSpain53,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesUzbekistan3,800No Longer UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesKazakhstan62,500No Longer UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesArgentina233,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesBrazil1,900,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesVenezuela8,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesAustralia53,500Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesPoland36,640,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesLithuania179,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesLatvia46,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesCzech Republic20,500Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesUnited Kingdom755,000Engaged yet UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesSweden79,500Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesGermany922,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesDenmark16,000Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism
PolesPolesAustria58,500Unengaged and UnreachedPolishRoman Catholicism

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