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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:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film

4 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Dutch:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
readProverbs 4:19

Pray that lost people will accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
readMatthew 11:28-29

Please pray for them to lift their eyes to Jesus and find rest for their souls, lasting peace, and hope in Him.

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
readHebrews 10:35

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hold unswervingly to their faith and to their confidence in Christ, which has a great reward.

For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
readActs 13:47

Pray that as people come to faith, they will follow the Lord's leading to go to their neighbors and share the treasure they found in Christ.

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

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13 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
DutchPG048870DutchSint Maarten2,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG043386DutchCanada138,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG043227DutchUnited States1,685,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG022319DutchCuracao12,500No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG022312DutchAruba4,300Unengaged and UnreachedDutchProtestantism
DutchPG018490DutchNew Zealand37,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG015496DutchSouth Africa312,000No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG007883DutchAustralia80,500No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG000551DutchSweden12,500Unengaged and UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG000403DutchNetherlands14,190,000Engaged yet UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG000367DutchLuxembourg4,200Unengaged and UnreachedDutchProtestantism
DutchPG000084DutchDenmark6,300No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated
DutchPG000031DutchAustria3,300No Longer UnreachedDutchUnaffiliated

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

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