The Jews of Argentina

The Jews of Argentina, numbering approximately 188,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a diverse Jewish community descended from Sephardic settlers and later Ashkenazi and Sephardic immigrants who established enduring cultural and agricultural communities across Argentina They are an Diaspora people, with Jewish as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Jews people cluster of the Jewish Peoples. 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:
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The SaviorView Film

5 films

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

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
readJohn 3:17

Pray for those who are living under the burdens of man-made religion to learn about the freedom Jesus offers them and turn to Him in faith.

Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him!
readPsalm 68:4

Pray that many will come to faith in Christ and share the gospel with others so that His salvation will be known among all nations.

Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
readPsalm 100:3-4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be in awe of the Lord God, their Creator, and will give Him thanksgiving and praise.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
JewsJewsArgentina188,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishJudaism
JewsJewsMexico41,500Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishJudaism
JewsJewsUruguay17,500Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishJudaism
Spanish JewsSpanish JewsSpain17,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishJudaism
JewsJewsPanama11,000Unengaged and UnreachedHebrewJudaism
JewsJewsVenezuela7,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishJudaism
JewsJewsColombia2,200Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishJudaism
Cuban JewsCuban JewsCuba500Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishJudaism

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