The Filipinos of United States

The Filipinos of United States, numbering approximately 2,525,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Austronesian ethnic community of Tagalog-speaking people who are citizens of, or immigrants from, the Philippines. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Tagalog is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Filipino, Central
Primary Language(s): Tagalog (tgl)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 2,525,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043239
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

80%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tagalog
Language Family: Austronesian

62%
%
Tagalog Speakers

Media Resources in Tagalog:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

Bible Resources in Tagalog:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1905 Ang Dating Biblia✓
2012 Magandang Balita Biblia✓✓✓

2 entries

Or check out the Tagalog bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: No longer Unreached

The Filipinos are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Filipinos:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Filipinos of United States

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
readPsalm 10:17-18

Pray that God, in accordance with His good character, will give justice to those who are oppressed by sin and that they will know that His offer of salvation is for everyone.

Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.
readIsaiah 55:5

Pray that those who do not know God will access the gospel, run to Him, and discover that He is the one their souls have been longing for.

The LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
readNumbers 6:26

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be blessed with peace in their lives, knowing that God is with them.

And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
readColossians 1:20

As believers cross cultures to tell others about Jesus, praise God for allowing them to be a part of His reconciling all things to Himself, asking Him to help them remember their role in His beautiful plan of salvation for others.

Filipino, Tagalog Across Countries (ROP3 - 109692) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

20 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
FilipinosFilipinosOman96,500No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosMacao33,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosHong Kong198,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosPalau2,900No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosAmerican Samoa1,300No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosNorthern Mariana Islands16,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosGuam23,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosItaly77,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosQatar255,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogProtestantism
FilipinosFilipinosUnited Kingdom96,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosKuwait212,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosCanada438,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosUnited States2,525,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosGermany67,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosSpain38,500Engaged yet UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosAustralia160,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogProtestantism
FilipinosFilipinosSingapore175,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosMalaysia878,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
TagalogTagalogPhilippines36,940,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosNew Zealand17,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishRoman Catholicism

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