Jews of Argentina (PGID: PG017343)

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The Jews of Argentina

The Jews of Argentina, numbering approximately 188,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a diverse Jewish community descended from Sephardic settlers and later Ashkenazi and Sephardic immigrants who established enduring cultural and agricultural communities across Argentina. They mostly adhere to Judaism and Spanish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Jewish Peoples
Country: Argentina
People Cluster: Jews
Primary Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Primary Religion(s): Judaism
Population: 188,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG017343
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Judaism
Religious Affiliation: Judaism

76%

Judaism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%

Spanish Speakers

Media Resources in Spanish:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
The Savior	View Film

5 films

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Bible Resources in Spanish:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
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

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Jews 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 Jews:

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 Jews of Argentina

Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
Psalm 46:10

Pray that those who do not yet worship Jesus will be still and know that He is God, that He will be exalted among them and in all the earth.

For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God!
Deuteronomy 32:3

Pray that believers will proclaim the Lord’s name and declare the greatness of our God so that others might believe in Him.

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Deuteronomy 6:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will love the Lord their God with all their heart, soul, and might, as they strive to live lives that honor and glorify Him.

And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Colossians 1:20

As believers cross cultures to tell others about Jesus, praise God for allowing them to be a part of His reconciling all things to Himself, asking Him to help them remember their role in His beautiful plan of salvation for others.

Jew, Latin American Across Countries (ROP3 - 109538) reported in the following countries:

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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8 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG017343	Jews	Argentina	188,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Spanish	Judaism
PG050311	Jews	Mexico	41,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Spanish	Judaism
PG025076	Jews	Uruguay	17,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Spanish	Judaism
PG000536	Spanish Jews	Spain	17,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Spanish	Judaism
PG024841	Jews	Panama	11,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Hebrew	Judaism
PG042201	Jews	Venezuela	7,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Spanish	Judaism
PG042200	Jews	Colombia	2,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Spanish	Judaism
PG022300	Cuban Jews	Cuba	500	Unengaged and Unreached	Spanish	Judaism

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