Yemeni Arabs of Sudan (PGID: PG042862)

PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Yemeni Arabs of Sudan

The Yemeni Arabs of Sudan, numbering approximately 35,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a diaspora community of Yemeni Arabs in Sudan. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Sudan
People Cluster: Arab, Yemeni
Primary Language(s): Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic (acq)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 35,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042862
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%

Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%

Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Speakers

Media Resources in Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic:

Films:

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Magdalena	View Film

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Bible Resources in Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic:

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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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Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.
Romans 11:22

Pray that God will transform those who persist in unbelief and, in His everlasting kindness, graft them into His family.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
Mark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
James 1:2-3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will consider it pure joy when they face trials of many kinds, trusting in God's promise that the testing of their faith produces perseverance.

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.
Psalm 67:1-2

Pray that as God blesses believers from among this people group or from nearby cultures, He will raise them up to share His saving power among the nations.

Arab, Yemeni Across Countries (ROP3 - 109729) reported in the following countries:

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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13 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion ▲
PG011483	Djiboutian Arabs	Djibouti	80,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Shia Islam
PG047588	Yemeni Arabs	United States	55,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Shia Islam
PG011516	Yemeni Arabs	Egypt	1,080,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG011896	Yemeni Arabs	Oman	25,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG011940	Yemeni Arabs	Saudi Arabia	259,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG012262	Yemeni Arabs	United Arab Emirates	214,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG012274	Southern Yemeni Arabs	Yemen	12,170,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG015315	Yemeni Arabs	Madagascar	63,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042710	Yemeni Arabs	Eritrea	71,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042743	Yemeni Arabs	Ethiopia	40,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042759	Yemeni Arabs	Kuwait	8,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042862	Yemeni Arabs	Sudan	35,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG050485	Yemini Arabs	Canada	7,100	Engaged yet Unreached	Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic	Sunni Islam

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