Dutch of New Zealand (PGID: PG018490)

PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Dutch of New Zealand

The Dutch of New Zealand, numbering approximately 37,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a West Germanic people native to the Netherlands whose culture has been shaped by maritime trade, water management, urbanization, commercial exchange, and a long tradition of local self-government and civic cooperation They are an Diaspora people, with Dutch as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Germanic people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Unaffiliated and Dutch is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: New Zealand
People Cluster: Germanic
Primary Language(s): Dutch (nld)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 37,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG018490
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

56%

Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dutch
Language Family: Indo-European

100%

Dutch Speakers

Media Resources in Dutch:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
Magdalena	View Film

4 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Dutch:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
1750 Dutch Staten Vertaling Bible			✓
Herziene Statenvertaling (HSV)	✓	✓	✓
Het Boek	✓
New Dutch Translation (de Nieuwe Bijbelvertaling)		✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Dutch bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Dutch 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 Dutch:

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 Dutch of New Zealand

For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
Ephesians 5:8

Pray that those who are lost will turn from the darkness they are walking in and embrace the light, becoming children of light who bear fruit in every good work.

Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
Psalm 119:97

Pray that the lost will have access to God's Word in their language and treasure it deeply, meditating on God's promises and precepts.

Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.
Luke 18:17

Pray that as people trust in Christ, they will have simple, childlike confidence that He will provide for their needs.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
John 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Dutch Across Countries (ROP3 - 102787) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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13 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▲	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG048870	Dutch	Sint Maarten	2,000	No Longer Unreached	Dutch	Unaffiliated
PG000031	Dutch	Austria	3,300	No Longer Unreached	Dutch	Unaffiliated
PG000367	Dutch	Luxembourg	4,200	Unengaged and Unreached	Dutch	Protestantism
PG022312	Dutch	Aruba	4,300	Unengaged and Unreached	Dutch	Protestantism
PG000084	Dutch	Denmark	6,300	No Longer Unreached	Dutch	Unaffiliated
PG000551	Dutch	Sweden	12,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Dutch	Unaffiliated
PG022319	Dutch	Curacao	12,500	No Longer Unreached	Dutch	Unaffiliated
PG018490	Dutch	New Zealand	37,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Dutch	Unaffiliated
PG007883	Dutch	Australia	80,500	No Longer Unreached	Dutch	Unaffiliated
PG043386	Dutch	Canada	138,000	No Longer Unreached	Dutch	Unaffiliated
PG015496	Dutch	South Africa	312,000	No Longer Unreached	Dutch	Unaffiliated
PG043227	Dutch	United States	1,685,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Dutch	Unaffiliated
PG000403	Dutch	Netherlands	14,190,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Dutch	Unaffiliated

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