The Galicians of Argentina

The Galicians of Argentina, numbering approximately 884,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Spanish diaspora community descended from migrants from Galicia who retain elements of Galician cultural heritage, language, and regional identity within the broader Argentine population They are an Diaspora people, with Galician as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Spanish people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Galician is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Argentina
People Cluster: Spanish
Primary Language(s): Galician (glg)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 884,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017339
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

80%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Galician
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Galician Speakers

Media Resources in Galician:

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Bible Resources in Galician:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Galician bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Galicians 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 Galicians:
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 Galicians of Argentina

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.
readRomans 3:12

Pray that those who are enslaved to sin will admit their need for a Savior, acknowledging that no one is righteous.

I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
readPsalm 34:4

Pray for each who becomes a child of God to share the hope of eternity with family and friends.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember God's mercy and grace and experience joy as they walk in new life with Christ.

For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
read2 Corinthians 5:21

Pray that Christians will cross cultures and share the hope of Christ, and that many will trust the One who took their sins and offers them His righteousness.

Galician Across Countries (ROP3 - 103161) reported in the following countries:

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