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The Syrian Arabs of Sudan

The Syrian Arabs of Sudan, numbering approximately 131,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a diaspora community of Syrian Arabs in Sudan. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Standard Arabic is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Sudan
People Cluster: Arab, Levant
Primary Language(s): Standard Arabic (arb)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 131,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042850
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Pray for the Syrian Arabs of Sudan

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

84%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Standard Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in Standard Arabic:

Films:
Title Link
JESUS View Film
JESUS View Film
Magdalena View Film
Magdalena View Film
The Savior View Film
The Savior View Film

6 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Standard Arabic:

Bible Name (Translation) Video Audio Text
Easy to Read Version ✓ ✓
Good News Version ✓
Sharif (Iraqi) Version ✓ ✓ ✓
Sharif Version ✓ ✓ ✓
Standard Arabic (Gulf) ✓
Van Dyke Version - multi voice ✓ ✓ ✓
Van Dyke Version - single voice ✓ ✓ ✓

7 entries

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Or check out the Standard Arabic 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

Next steps for the Syrian Arabs:
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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 Syrian Arabs of Sudan

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God".
readRomans 3:10-11

Pray that God will have mercy on those living in broken relationship with Him, and that He will bring many to surrender and repentance at the throne of grace.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
read2 Timothy 4:3-4

Pray that the lost will be open to the truth of the gospel and turn from false teachings and myths to the sound doctrine of Christ in faith.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
readEphesians 6:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will grow strong in His power, putting on the full armor of God, which will enable them to stand against the devil’s lies.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

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

Strategic Progress Index

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19 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▲ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Syrian Arabs PG016393 Syrian Arabs Martinique 550 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG016350 Syrian Arabs Guadeloupe 900 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG011682 Syrian Arabs France 18,500 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG043482 Syrian Arabs Canada 68,500 Engaged yet Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG049967 Syrian Arabs Greece 75,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG050027 Syrian Arabs Netherlands 94,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042850 Syrian Arabs Sudan 131,000 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042758 Syrian Arabs Kuwait 161,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG043644 Syrian Arabs United States 196,000 No Longer Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG050211 Syrian Arabs Sweden 211,000 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042794 Syrian Arabs Qatar 266,000 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG011694 Syrian Arabs Iraq 293,000 Unengaged and Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042886 Syrian Arabs United Arab Emirates 303,000 Unengaged and Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042761 Syrian Arabs Lebanon 489,000 Engaged yet Unreached Standard Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042455 Syrian Arabs Germany 584,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042801 Syrian Arabs Saudi Arabia 818,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG042752 Syrian Arabs Jordan 1,320,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Arabs PG049340 Syrian Arabs Turkiye 3,905,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam
Syrian Sunni Arabs PG012198 Syrian Sunni Arabs Syria 15,680,000 Engaged yet Unreached Levantine Arabic Sunni Islam

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

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