Assyrians of Canada (PGID: PG043355)

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The Assyrians of Canada

The Assyrians of Canada, numbering approximately 11,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Semitic people indigenous to northern Mesopotamia, speakers of Neo-Aramaic, claiming continuity with ancient Assyria, split across the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic, and Syriac Orthodox traditions, with a large modern diaspora. They mostly adhere to Chaldean Catholicism and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Assyrian
Primary Language(s): Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (aii)
Primary Religion(s): Chaldean Catholicism
Population: 11,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043355
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chaldean Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

60%

Chaldean Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

80%

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Speakers

Media Resources in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:

Films:

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Magdalena	View Film

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Bible Resources in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Assyrians 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 Assyrians:

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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 Assyrians of Canada

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
James 2:5

Pray for those living in despair to experience the riches of God's love and the hope of eternal life through faith in Christ.

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
John 8:12

Pray that many will come to know Jesus, the light of the world, and have the light of life instead of walking in darkness.

In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Psalm 56:10-11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the Lord's promises, knowing that He will uphold them with His righteous right hand.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
John 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

Assyrian Across Countries (ROP3 - 100574) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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14 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index ▼	Language	Religion
PG043528	Assyrians	United States	70,000	No Longer Unreached	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Chaldean Catholicism
PG043355	Assyrians	Canada	11,500	No Longer Unreached	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Chaldean Catholicism
PG007833	Assyrians	Australia	40,000	No Longer Unreached	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Church of the East
PG000214	Assyrians	Germany	70,000	No Longer Unreached	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Syriac Orthodox Christianity
PG012181	Assyrians	Syria	50,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Ethnoreligion
PG011794	Assyrians	Kuwait	8,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Turoyo	Ethnoreligion
PG042491	Assyrians	France	4,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Chaldean Catholicism
PG024540	Assyrians	Turkiye	29,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Syriac Orthodox Christianity
PG024131	Assyrians	Iran	22,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Chaldean Catholicism
PG011812	Assyrians	Lebanon	31,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Ethnoreligion
PG011733	Assyrians	Israel	850	Unengaged and Unreached	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Ethnoreligion
PG011701	Assyrians	Iraq	207,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Chaldean Catholicism
PG000613	Assyrians	United Kingdom	7,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Chaldean Catholicism
PG000543	Assyrians	Sweden	145,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	Syriac Orthodox Christianity

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