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The Lebanese Shia Arabs of Lebanon

The Lebanese Shia Arabs of Lebanon, numbering approximately 1,035,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a people of Lebanon. 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: 1,035,000
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:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Levantine Arabic:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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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Pray specifically for the Lebanese Shia Arabs of Lebanon

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
readLuke 15:7

Pray that God will convict the lost of their sin, give them an urgency to run to Him for forgiveness, and feel His welcoming arms around them when they turn to Him.

Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
readPsalm 47:6

Pray that believers will have a heart to invite others to trust in Christ alone so that they might sing praises to His name.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
readPhilippians 2:5-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will imitate His humility in all they do.

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.

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

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14 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
Lebanese ArabsPG000422Lebanese ArabsNetherlands6,900Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Lebanese ArabsPG011672Lebanese ArabsFrance57,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Lebanese ArabsPG012980Lebanese ArabsCongo1,300Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
LebanesePG016312LebaneseDominican Republic4,600Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Lebanese ArabsPG016434Lebanese ArabsSuriname3,100Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Lebanese ArabsPG022280Lebanese ArabsFrench Guiana1,500Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Lebanese ArabsPG024837Lebanese ArabsPanama9,700No Longer UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Lebanese ArabsPG042755Lebanese ArabsKuwait140,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Lebanese ArabsPG042792Lebanese ArabsQatar295,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Lebanese ArabsPG042797Lebanese ArabsSaudi Arabia153,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Lebanese ArabsPG042884Lebanese ArabsUnited Arab Emirates47,500Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Lebanese ArabsPG043431Lebanese ArabsCanada235,000No Longer UnreachedLevantine ArabicSunni Islam
Lebanese Shia ArabsPG022026Lebanese Shia ArabsLebanon1,035,000Unengaged and UnreachedLevantine ArabicShia Islam
Lebanese ArabsPG046493Lebanese ArabsUnited States558,000Engaged yet UnreachedLevantine ArabicProtestantism

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