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The Chenoua of Algeria

The Chenoua of Algeria, numbering approximately 110,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Berber people of the Chenoua massif on Algeria's Mediterranean coast between Cherchell and Tipaza, descended from the ancient Masaesyli inhabitants of the Tell Atlas and Sunni Muslim by faith. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Chenoua is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Algeria
People Cluster: Amazigh-Kabyle
Primary Language(s): Chenoua (cnu)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 110,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
People Group ID: PG042636
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

100%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Chenoua
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

70%
%
Chenoua Speakers

Media Resources in Chenoua:

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Bible Resources in Chenoua:

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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): No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources (GSEC: 0), there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources

Next steps for the Chenoua:
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Pray specifically for the Chenoua of Algeria

For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
readPsalm 18:31

As people look to their own efforts for hope, pray they will have the opportunity to learn and believe in the Lord, who is the only Rock worthy of their faith.

And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.
readLuke 2:17

Pray that the lost will receive the good news of salvation in God's Son, have hearts eager to share it with others, and that all who hear will respond with wonder and faith!

Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
readPsalm 111:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will praise the Lord with their whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
readMatthew 6:9b-10

Pray that God will raise up Christians who are driven by a desire to see God's name worshiped, His kingdom come, and His will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Ask Him to send them to the lost in this people group and sustain them.

Chenoua Across Countries (ROP3 - 102070) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
ChenouaPG042636ChenouaAlgeria110,000Unengaged and UnreachedChenouaSunni Islam

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