The Hungarians of Canada

The Hungarians of Canada, numbering approximately 42,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Central European people whose culture reflects a unique combination of Uralic linguistic heritage, centuries of life in the Carpathian Basin, and extensive interaction with Germanic, Slavic, Balkan, and Turkic populations. They mostly adhere to Unaffiliated and Hungarian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Hungarian
Primary Language(s): Hungarian (hun)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 42,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043408
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

67%
%
Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hungarian
Language Family: Uralic

100%
%
Hungarian Speakers

Media Resources in Hungarian:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Hungarian:

Or check out the Hungarian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Hungarians 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 Hungarians:
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 Hungarians of Canada

Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.
readLuke 12:7

Pray that those who don't yet know how to trust in Jesus will not be consumed by worry and anxiety, but will trust in the Father's care and provision for their daily needs and for their eternal salvation

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
readPsalm 16:11

Pray that God will make a way for His path of life to be revealed to many so that they may come into His presence and experience abundant joy and eternal pleasures at His right hand.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.
readJames 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.

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.

Hungarian Across Countries (ROP3 - 103918) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

14 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HungariansHungariansSlovenia6,700Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansCroatia15,500Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansAustralia19,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansSweden32,500Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianUnaffiliated
HungariansHungariansCanada42,000No Longer UnreachedHungarianUnaffiliated
HungariansHungariansAustria64,500No Longer UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansUnited States83,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansUnited Kingdom104,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansUkraine118,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianEastern Orthodox Christianity
HungariansHungariansFrance250,000Unengaged and UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansSerbia338,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansSlovakia519,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansRomania1,255,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansHungary8,885,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism

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