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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Syrian Arabs of Jordan

The Syrian Arabs of Jordan, numbering approximately 1,310,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a diaspora community of Syrian Arabs in Jordan They are an Diaspora people, with Arab, Syrian as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Arab, Levant people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Arabic, Levantine.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Jordan
People Cluster: Arab, Levant
Primary Language(s): Arabic, Levantine (apc)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 1,310,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042752
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Pray for the Syrian Arabs of Jordan

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

78%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

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

100%
%
Arabic, Levantine Speakers

Media Resources in Arabic, Levantine:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Arabic, Levantine:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Sabeel Media✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Arabic, Levantine bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Syrian Arabs 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 Syrian Arabs:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
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 Syrian Arabs of Jordan

I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
readProverbs 8:17

As many search for hope, pray they will discover materials that will lead them to Jesus and explain the gospel in a way they will resonate with.

Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.
readActs 18:8

Pray that rulers and leaders will access the gospel, respond in faith, and be baptized, uniting with Christ and His Church, and influence others to follow Him.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

Arab, Syrian Across Countries (ROP3 - 109662) reported in the following countries:

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19 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
Syrian ArabsPG011694Syrian ArabsIraq291,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, StandardSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG043482Syrian ArabsCanada68,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, StandardSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042850Syrian ArabsSudan130,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, StandardSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042794Syrian ArabsQatar267,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, StandardSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042761Syrian ArabsLebanon491,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, StandardSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG011682Syrian ArabsFrance18,500Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, StandardSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042455Syrian ArabsGermany584,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042752Syrian ArabsJordan1,310,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042758Syrian ArabsKuwait161,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG016393Syrian ArabsMartinique550Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG016350Syrian ArabsGuadeloupe900Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042801Syrian ArabsSaudi Arabia815,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam
Syrian Sunni ArabsPG012198Syrian Sunni ArabsSyria15,540,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG042886Syrian ArabsUnited Arab Emirates301,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG043644Syrian ArabsUnited States195,000No Longer UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG049340Syrian ArabsTurkiye3,880,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG049967Syrian ArabsGreece75,500Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG050027Syrian ArabsNetherlands94,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam
Syrian ArabsPG050211Syrian ArabsSweden210,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, LevantineSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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