The Tunisian Arabs of Germany

The Tunisian Arabs of Germany, numbering approximately 45,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as an Arabic-speaking North African people whose culture reflects a blend of Arab, Amazigh (Berber), Mediterranean, Islamic, African, Ottoman, and European influences, shaped by Tunisia's strategic position between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara They are an Diaspora people, with Arab, Tunisian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Arab, Maghreb people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Arabic, Tunisian.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Germany
People Cluster: Arab, Maghreb
Primary Language(s): Arabic, Tunisian (aeb)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 45,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042454
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Arabic, Tunisian
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Tunisian Speakers

Media Resources in Arabic, Tunisian:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Bible Resources in Arabic, Tunisian:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Arabic, Tunisian 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

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How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that those who haven't heard will hear the Word of Christ and believe in Him, calling upon the name of the Lord to be saved.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that God will be working in people's hearts, give them opportunities to receive the gospel, and bring many to faith in Himself.

You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
readDeuteronomy 6:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will love the Lord their God with all their heart, soul, and might, as they strive to live lives that honor and glorify Him.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
readEphesians 6:11

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will put on the full armor of God so that they will be able to stand against the schemes of the enemy.

Arab, Tunisian Across Countries (ROP3 - 110285) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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9 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Tunisian ArabsTunisian ArabsCanada24,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsTunisian ArabsUnited States144,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsTunisian ArabsItaly125,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsTunisian ArabsGermany45,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsTunisian ArabsTunisia11,400,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsTunisian ArabsLibya214,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsTunisian ArabsFrance459,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsTunisian ArabsNetherlands10,500Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam
Tunisian ArabsTunisian ArabsBelgium16,500Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, TunisianSunni Islam

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