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The Slovaks of United States

The Slovaks of United States, numbering approximately 32,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Slovak American community descended largely from migrants who arrived in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, settling in industrial centers where they formed churches, societies, and newspapers. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Slovak is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Slav, Western
Primary Language(s): Slovak (slk)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 32,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG043628
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

90%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Slovak
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Slovak Speakers

Media Resources in Slovak:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Slovak:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1997 Slovak Bible Society✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Slovak bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Expanding Unreached People Group, (LPI: 2), 0.5% or Greater but Less than 2% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Slovaks:
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Pray specifically for the Slovaks of United States

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
readRomans 5:10

Pray that any who may be enemies of God will grasp the depth of God's love demonstrated through Christ's death for the ungodly, and be reconciled to Him.

And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
readActs 6:7

Pray that the Word of God will be increasingly available to these people in ways they will resonate with so that all may have a chance to respond to the good news of Jesus Christ.

Jesus said, ‘Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
readMark 10:29-30

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know that when they make sacrifices to follow Jesus, He is there with them and will bless them abundantly in this life and in the life to come.

For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
readActs 13:47

Pray that as people come to faith, they will follow the Lord's leading to go to their neighbors and share the treasure they found in Christ.

Slovak Across Countries (ROP3 - 109354) reported in the following countries:

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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
SlovaksPG000568SlovaksSweden10,000Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksPG000775SlovaksCzech Republic126,000Engaged yet UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksPG000972SlovaksSlovakia4,595,000Engaged yet UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksPG017367SlovaksArgentina9,300Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksPG043473SlovaksCanada23,000Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksPG043628SlovaksUnited States32,000Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksPG049966SlovaksAustria36,000Engaged yet UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism
SlovaksPG050307SlovaksMontenegro5,900Unengaged and UnreachedSlovakRoman Catholicism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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