The White Americans of New Zealand

The White Americans of New Zealand, numbering approximately 15,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are citizens of the United States who identify as white alone or in combination (including multiracial white Americans). They mostly adhere to Protestantism and English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: New Zealand
People Cluster: Anglo-American
Primary Language(s): English (eng)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 15,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG018513
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Pray for the White Americans of New Zealand

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

30%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: English
Language Family:

100%
%
English Speakers

Media Resources in English:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

SPI: No longer Unreached

The White Americans are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the White Americans:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the White Americans of New Zealand

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the LORD has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.
readIsaiah 49:13

Thank the Lord for the people here and ask that His gospel will flow through this land to bring hope to those who are afflicted by the guilt of sin.

"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet."
readMatthew 5:13

Pray that the lost will have the opportunity to hear a Christian witness of how the gospel can bring hope and that they will put their faith in Christ.

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
readColossians 3:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will set their minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, as they look to Christ for guidance and strength.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
read2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will serve others in Jesus' name, and the lost will have an opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel.

American, White Across Countries (ROP3 - 110448) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

19 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
White AmericansWhite AmericansPanama188,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishFolk Catholicism
White AmericansWhite AmericansGuam14,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishFolk Catholicism
White AmericansWhite AmericansVirgin Islands15,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishFolk Catholicism
White AmericansWhite AmericansUnited States195,050,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
White AmericansWhite AmericansCanada405,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishRoman Catholicism
White AmericansWhite AmericansCosta Rica12,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishFolk Catholicism
White AmericansWhite AmericansPapua New Guinea12,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishFolk Catholicism
White AmericansWhite AmericansAustralia96,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
White AmericansWhite AmericansNew Zealand15,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
White AmericansWhite AmericansSingapore9,900No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
White AmericansWhite AmericansFiji4,600No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
White AmericansWhite AmericansMicronesia5,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
White AmericansWhite AmericansEcuador28,500No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
White AmericansWhite AmericansCuracao1,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
White AmericansWhite AmericansHaiti19,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
White AmericansWhite AmericansDominican Republic97,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishFolk Catholicism
White AmericansWhite AmericansMarshall Islands1,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
White AmericansWhite AmericansIceland1,800No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
White AmericansWhite AmericansGreenland3,400No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism

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

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