The Sinte Romani of Canada

The Sinte Romani of Canada, numbering approximately 3,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a major Romani (Roma) subgroup whose historical homeland is Germany and neighboring parts of Western and Central Europe. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Sinte Romani is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Romani
Primary Language(s): Sinte Romani (rmo)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 3,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043471
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

85%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Sinte Romani
Language Family: Indo-European

95%
%
Romani, Sinte Speakers

Media Resources in Sinte Romani:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Sinte Romani:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Romanes Arbeit Marburg✓✓✓

1 entry

Or check out the Sinte Romani bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Sinte Romani 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 Sinte Romani:
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 Sinte Romani of Canada

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will be freed from the emptiness of fading hopes and find lasting life and truth in the unchanging Word of God.

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
readPsalm 57:11

Pray that the lost will learn about God's great love and faithfulness so that they might trust in Christ for their salvation.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember God's mercy and grace and experience joy as they walk in new life with Christ.

For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
read2 Corinthians 1:5

When any who might believe suffer for the sake of the gospel, ask God to deepen their understanding of His grace so that they may share it freely with those who have not received it.

Roma, Sinte Across Countries (ROP3 - 109316) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
Sinte RomaniSinte RomaniCroatia17,000Engaged yet UnreachedSinte RomaniUnaffiliated
Sinte RomaniSinte RomaniKazakhstan6,800Unengaged and UnreachedSinte RomaniSunni Islam
Sinte RomaniSinte RomaniFrance31,500Engaged yet UnreachedSinte RomaniRoman Catholicism
Sinte RomaniSinte RomaniItaly15,000Engaged yet UnreachedSinte RomaniRoman Catholicism
Sinte RomaniSinte RomaniCanada3,900No Longer UnreachedSinte RomaniRoman Catholicism

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