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The Lebanese Shia Arabs of Lebanon

The Lebanese Shia Arabs of Lebanon, numbering approximately 1,030,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Arab Twelver Shia community with historic heartlands in Jabal Amil in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley, incorporated into the Lebanese state after World War I. They mostly adhere to Shia Islam and Levantine Arabic is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Arab, Lebanese Shiite

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Lebanon
People Cluster: Arab, Levant
Primary Language(s): Levantine Arabic (apc)
Primary Religion(s): Shia Islam
Population: 1,030,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG022026
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Shia Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

41%
%
Shia Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Levantine Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Levantine Speakers

Media Resources in Levantine Arabic:

Films:
Title Link
JESUS View Film
Magdalena View Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Levantine Arabic:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
Sabeel Media ✓ ✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Levantine Arabic bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Lebanese Shia Arabs:
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Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will recognize Him as the only way to the Father and follow Him in faith.

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
read2 Timothy 2:2

Pray that the lost will come to faith in Christ and be discipled in the truth of the gospel, becoming faithful followers of Jesus who, in turn, make disciples themselves.

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
readRomans 5:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the hope of glory and be in awe of God's mercy that gives them access to Him through faith.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

Arab, Lebanese Across Countries (ROP3 - 105688) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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14 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▲ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Lebanese Arabs PG012980 Lebanese Arabs Congo 1,300 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Lebanese Arabs PG022280 Lebanese Arabs French Guiana 1,500 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Lebanese Arabs PG016434 Lebanese Arabs Suriname 3,100 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Lebanese PG016312 Lebanese Dominican Republic 4,600 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Lebanese Arabs PG000422 Lebanese Arabs Netherlands 7,000 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Lebanese Arabs PG024837 Lebanese Arabs Panama 9,700 No Longer Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Lebanese Arabs PG042884 Lebanese Arabs United Arab Emirates 47,500 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Lebanese Arabs PG011672 Lebanese Arabs France 57,000 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Lebanese Arabs PG042755 Lebanese Arabs Kuwait 140,000 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Lebanese Arabs PG042797 Lebanese Arabs Saudi Arabia 153,000 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Lebanese Arabs PG043431 Lebanese Arabs Canada 235,000 No Longer Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Lebanese Arabs PG042792 Lebanese Arabs Qatar 295,000 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Lebanese Arabs PG046493 Lebanese Arabs United States 558,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Protestantism
Lebanese Shia Arabs PG022026 Lebanese Shia Arabs Lebanon 1,030,000 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Shia Islam

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