Lebanese Arabs of Canada (PGID: PG043431)

PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Lebanese Arabs of Canada

The Lebanese Arabs of Canada, numbering approximately 235,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Lebanese Arab community that maintains the cultural traditions and social networks of the Levant while contributing to the country's professional and commercial sectors. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Levantine Arabic is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Arab, Levant
Primary Language(s): Levantine Arabic (apc)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 235,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043431
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

63%

Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Levantine Arabic
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%

Arabic, Levantine Speakers

Media Resources in Levantine Arabic:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Levantine Arabic:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
Sabeel Media	✓	✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Levantine Arabic bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Lebanese Arabs 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 Lebanese Arabs:

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 Lebanese Arabs of Canada

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9

Pray that God, who is faithful and just, will open the eyes of those who are lost and draw them to confess their sins and trust in Him to grant forgiveness.

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:19-20

Pray that God will use His creation – the “things that have been made” – to spark a fresh and passionate curiosity among them to draw near to the Maker and that, as they seek Him, He will make a way for them to hear the gospel and receive it with joy.

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be assured that God will complete the good work He has begun in them until the day of Christ's return.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.
Romans 9:16

Ask God to raise up people who will trust in His sovereignty as they share the gospel, knowing that it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.

Arab, Lebanese Across Countries (ROP3 - 105688) 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
PG046493	Lebanese Arabs	United States	557,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Protestantism
PG043431	Lebanese Arabs	Canada	235,000	No Longer Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042884	Lebanese Arabs	United Arab Emirates	47,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042797	Lebanese Arabs	Saudi Arabia	153,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042792	Lebanese Arabs	Qatar	295,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG042755	Lebanese Arabs	Kuwait	140,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG024837	Lebanese Arabs	Panama	9,700	No Longer Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG022280	Lebanese Arabs	French Guiana	1,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG022026	Lebanese Shia Arabs	Lebanon	1,035,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Shia Islam
PG016434	Lebanese Arabs	Suriname	3,100	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG016312	Lebanese	Dominican Republic	4,600	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG012980	Lebanese Arabs	Congo	1,300	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG011672	Lebanese Arabs	France	57,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam
PG000422	Lebanese Arabs	Netherlands	6,900	Unengaged and Unreached	Levantine Arabic	Sunni Islam

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