The Algerian Jews of Algeria

The Algerian Jews of Algeria, numbering approximately 225 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are described as an ethnoreligious community of French-speaking Jews in Algeria; most Jews left Algeria upon independence in 1962, but a small community persists Maghrebi Jews They are an Diaspora people, with Jewish as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Jews people cluster of the Jewish Peoples. They mostly adhere to Secularism and French is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Jewish Peoples
Country: Algeria
People Cluster: Jews
Primary Language(s): French (fra)
Primary Religion(s): Secularism
Population: 225
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042642

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Secularism
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

70%
%
Secularism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: French
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
French Speakers

Media Resources in French:

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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 Algerian Jews:
Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Pray specifically for the Algerian Jews of Algeria

I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God; I equip you, though you do not know me, that people may know, from the rising of the sun and from the west, that there is none besides me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:5-6

Pray that the lost among them will be delivered from the confusion of false beliefs and come to know the one true God who alone brings light and purpose to their lives.

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
read2 Timothy 2:2

Pray that the lost will come to faith in Christ and be discipled in the truth of the gospel, becoming faithful followers of Jesus who, in turn, make disciples themselves.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.
readRevelation 21:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and walk through challenges, they will find comfort in God's promise of a beautiful future when there is no pain or suffering for those who belong to Christ.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

Jew (French) Across Countries (ROP3 - 103063) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Algerian JewsAlgerian JewsAlgeria225Unengaged and UnreachedFrenchSecularism
Jew (French)Jew (French)Israel118,000Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchJudaism
JewsJewsFrance600,000Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchJudaism

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