Macedonians of North Macedonia (PGID: PG039293)

The Macedonians of North Macedonia

The Macedonians of North Macedonia, numbering approximately 1,140,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a South Slavic people of the central Balkans, speakers of Macedonian, predominantly Eastern Orthodox under the Ohrid Archbishopric, with an identity historically contested by both Bulgaria and Greece and strong Balkan folk dance traditions. They mostly adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Macedonian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: North Macedonia
People Cluster: Slav, Southern
Primary Language(s): Macedonian (mkd)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 1,140,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG039293
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

96%

Eastern Orthodox Christia… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Macedonian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%

Macedonian Speakers

Media Resources in Macedonian:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Macedonian:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
Konstantinov		✓

1 entry

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Or check out the Macedonian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Macedonians 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 Macedonians:

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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 Macedonians of North Macedonia

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:8

Pray for those living in darkness to recognize the destructive power of sin and the victory Christ has won over it.

...I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
Psalm 13:5

Ask God to bring many to trust in His unfailing love and cause their hearts to rejoice in His salvation.

I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me. I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
Psalm 3:5-6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience isolation or other persecution, God will sustain them and give them confidence and rest in Him.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
1 Corinthians 15:10–11

Pray that God's people will preach the message of Jesus' death and resurrection and that it will spread among the lost through the selfless witness of believers.

Macedonian Across Countries (ROP3 - 105968) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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8 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index ▲	Language	Religion
PG042420	Macedonians	Germany	85,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Macedonian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG043335	Macedonians	United States	26,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Macedonian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG043434	Macedonians	Canada	24,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Macedonian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG048837	Macedonians	Italy	59,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Macedonian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG000738	Macedonians	Bulgaria	1,300	Engaged yet Unreached	Macedonian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG007974	Macedonians	Australia	48,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Macedonian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG039293	Macedonians	North Macedonia	1,140,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Macedonian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG039302	Macedonians	Albania	122,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Macedonian	Sunni Islam

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