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Amharic - አማርኛ | Arabic - عربي
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Chinese (Traditional) - 中文（繁體) | French - Français
German - Deutsch | Gujarati - ગુજરાતી
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The Arabs of Argentina

The Arabs of Argentina, numbering approximately 1,580,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a diverse ethnolinguistic group whose identity is shaped by a combination of language, culture, history, and geography. Arabs are native to the Arabian Peninsula, Levant, North Africa, and parts of the Horn of Africa. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Spanish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Argentina
People Cluster: Arab, Arabian
Primary Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 1,580,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017321

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Pray for the Arabs of Argentina

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Spanish Speakers

Media Resources in Spanish:

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

5 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Spanish:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1569 Sagradas Escrituras✓
1602 Reina-Valera Antigua✓
Biblia de América✓✓✓
Dios Habla Hoy✓
La Biblia✓
La Palabra de Dios para Todos✓
La Santa Biblia, Nueva Versión Internacional®✓
Lenguaje Actual✓
Reina Valera 1995✓
Reina Valera Contemporánea✓
Reina Valera, Revisada y Corregida (1865)✓
The Word of God for All - 2000 World Bible Translation Center✓✓
The Word of God for All 2014✓✓

13 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Spanish bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Arabs are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Arabs:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Arabs of Argentina

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
readPsalm 96:5

Pray that those who are seeking after worthless idols will not be satisfied until they seek the truth and find it in Christ.

And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed. And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.
readActs 13:48-49

Pray that the gospel will spread throughout this whole region and that many will believe and embrace the gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
readHebrews 12:1-2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the testimony of those who went before them, resist sin, and run with perseverance the race set before them, fixing their eyes on Jesus.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
readEphesians 6:12

Ask God to give those He sends to cross cultures the discernment they need to recognize the spiritual battle they are fighting. Pray God will protect their faith as they abide in Him.

Arab Across Countries (ROP3 - 100425) reported in the following countries:

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23 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
ArabsPG047072ArabsGreece34,500Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG042248ArabsMaldives750Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG041734ArabsIndia62,500Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG018478ArabsNew Zealand10,000No Longer UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG018465ArabsMalaysia18,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG017321ArabsArgentina1,580,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishSunni Islam
ArabsPG016532ArabsBrazil492,000Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG016383ArabsJamaica2,100Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG016194ArabsBarbados150Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG015486ArabsSouth Africa16,000No Longer UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG015270ArabsComoros900Engaged yet UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG014900ArabsTanzania509,000Engaged yet UnreachedSwahili (individual language)Sunni Islam
ArabsPG014761ArabsKenya57,000Engaged yet UnreachedSwahili (individual language)Sunni Islam
ArabsPG014477ArabsCongo, Democratic Republic of the32,500Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG014463ArabsBurundi3,800Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG013266ArabsGhana3,300Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG011545ArabsEthiopia13,500Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG007830ArabsAustralia161,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG006321ArabsPakistan248,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG000580ArabsSwitzerland75,500Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG000374ArabsMalta10,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG000078ArabsDenmark96,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam
ArabsPG000004ArabsAustria101,000Unengaged and UnreachedStandard ArabicSunni Islam

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

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