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The Romanians of Canada

The Romanians of Canada, numbering approximately 106,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an East Romance people descended from Romanized Dacians of historical Wallachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania, predominantly Romanian Orthodox, noted for a Latin language preserved amid Slavic and Hungarian neighbors and strong rural folk-culture traditions. They mostly adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Romanian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Romanian
Primary Language(s): Romanian (ron)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 106,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG043462
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

84%
%
Eastern Orthodox Christia… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Romanian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Romanian Speakers

Media Resources in Romanian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Romanian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2000 Bible League International✓
Dumitru Cornilescu / Библия Думитру Корнилеску 1924✓
Interconfessional Version✓✓
Noua Traducere Românească (NTR)✓

4 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Romanian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Romanians 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 Romanians:
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 Romanians of Canada

During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
readExodus 2:23-24

As the lost among them labor, groan, and cry out under false religions and sin, pray God will have mercy on them and hear their cries, that He will be their Rescuer from the kingdom of darkness and bring them into the kingdom of light.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise).
readEphesians 6:1-2

Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
readIsaiah 9:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in the coming of the Prince of Peace because He will bring everlasting peace and rule with justice and righteousness.

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.

Romanian Across Countries (ROP3 - 108398) reported in the following countries:

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15 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
RomaniansPG000899RomaniansRomania16,310,000No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG048833RomaniansItaly1,305,000No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG042354RomaniansSpain672,000Engaged yet UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG048048RomaniansUnited Kingdom383,000Engaged yet UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG043611RomaniansUnited States173,000No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG042371RomaniansBelgium125,000Unengaged and UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG043462RomaniansCanada106,000Engaged yet UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG000835RomaniansHungary96,500No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG049963RomaniansAustria84,500No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG048049RomaniansIreland32,500No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG000192RomaniansFrance13,000No Longer UnreachedFrenchEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG050033RomaniansCzech Republic13,000No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG024083RomaniansAzerbaijan2,000Unengaged and UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
RomaniansPG016490RomaniansVenezuela1,500No Longer UnreachedRomanianRoman Catholicism
RomaniansPG024634RomaniansTurkmenistan90Unengaged and UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity

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