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The Croats of Germany

The Croats of Germany, numbering approximately 416,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a South Slavic people native to Croatia and neighboring regions of the western Balkans, whose culture has been shaped by the interaction of Central European, Mediterranean, and Balkan traditions, as well as a long association with Roman Catholicism. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Croatian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Germany
People Cluster: Slav, Southern
Primary Language(s): Croatian (hrv)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 416,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042922
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

90%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Croatian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Croatian Speakers

Media Resources in Croatian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Croatian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Knjiga O Kristu✓
Vuk Karadzic version✓

2 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Croatian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Croats 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 Croats:
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 Croats of Germany

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray for the gospel to advance and for more people to be brought into God's family through the reconciliation Jesus offers them.

Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
readHebrews 10:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will not neglect meeting together but encourage one another as they see the Day approaching.

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
readEphesians 1:13-14

Pray that God will work through believers near and far in bringing the lost to Himself, giving them what they need to do the task He has set before them, and helping them rest in Him because He has given them His Spirit.

Croat Across Countries (ROP3 - 102315) reported in the following countries:

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10 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
CroatsPG042908CroatsNorth Macedonia2,400Engaged yet UnreachedCroatianRoman Catholicism
CroatsPG050306CroatsMontenegro6,900Unengaged and UnreachedCroatianRoman Catholicism
CroatsPG000548CroatsSweden9,300Unengaged and UnreachedCroatianRoman Catholicism
CroatsPG020251CroatsAustralia57,000Engaged yet UnreachedCroatianRoman Catholicism
CroatsPG000012CroatsAustria71,500Unengaged and UnreachedCroatianRoman Catholicism
CroatsPG050305CroatsSlovenia77,500Unengaged and UnreachedCroatianRoman Catholicism
CroatsPG043214CroatsUnited States190,000Engaged yet UnreachedCroatianRoman Catholicism
CroatsPG042922CroatsGermany416,000Engaged yet UnreachedCroatianRoman Catholicism
CroatsPG000716CroatsBosnia and Herzegovina505,000Engaged yet UnreachedCroatianRoman Catholicism
CroatsPG000753CroatsCroatia3,625,000Engaged yet UnreachedCroatianRoman Catholicism

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

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