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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Pray specifically for the Macedonians of North Macedonia

Abraham said, "God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together.
Genesis 22:8

Pray that God will open the ears of those who are lost to understand and believe that only shed blood takes away sin and that, like Abraham, they will believe that God Himself provides the lamb for the burnt offering, who is Jesus the final, perfect sacrifice.

Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!
Psalm 96:9

Pray that many who do not yet know Jesus will come to know Him and worship Him in the splendor of His holiness.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
Romans 5:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in what God has done for them and will help others know how they can also be reconciled to God.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
Acts 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

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
PG039302	Macedonians	Albania	122,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Macedonian	Sunni Islam
PG039293	Macedonians	North Macedonia	1,140,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Macedonian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG007974	Macedonians	Australia	48,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Macedonian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG000738	Macedonians	Bulgaria	1,300	Engaged yet Unreached	Macedonian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG048837	Macedonians	Italy	59,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Macedonian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG043434	Macedonians	Canada	24,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Macedonian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG043335	Macedonians	United States	26,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Macedonian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity
PG042420	Macedonians	Germany	85,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Macedonian	Eastern Orthodox Christianity

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