The Filipinos of Kuwait

The Filipinos of Kuwait, numbering approximately 212,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Austronesian ethnic community of Tagalog-speaking people who are citizens of, or immigrants from, the Philippines. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Tagalog is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Malay Peoples
Country: Kuwait
People Cluster: Filipino, Central
Primary Language(s): Tagalog (tgl)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 212,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG046407
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

79%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tagalog
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Tagalog Speakers

Media Resources in Tagalog:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

Bible Resources in Tagalog:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1905 Ang Dating Biblia✓
2012 Magandang Balita Biblia✓✓✓

2 entries

Or check out the Tagalog bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: No longer Unreached

The Filipinos 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 Filipinos:
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 Filipinos of Kuwait

For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
readPsalm 96:5

Pray that those who are seeking after worthless idols will not be satisfied until they seek the truth and find it in Christ.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you. For kingship belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.
readPsalm 22:27-28

Pray that entire families will turn to the Lord in repentance and faith, and that they will worship Him and declare His righteousness to the nations.

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
readPsalm 32:7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that God is their hiding place and that He will preserve them in the midst of trials.

But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
read2 Corinthians 3:16

Give thanks to God for believers around the world who are willing to cross cultures to share the gospel with those who are perishing. Pray that He will work through their witness to draw many to turn to Him.

Filipino, Tagalog Across Countries (ROP3 - 109692) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

20 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
FilipinosFilipinosOman97,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosMacao33,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosHong Kong198,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosPalau2,900No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosAmerican Samoa1,300No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosNorthern Mariana Islands16,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosGuam23,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosItaly77,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosNew Zealand17,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosQatar255,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogProtestantism
FilipinosFilipinosUnited Kingdom96,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosKuwait212,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosCanada438,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosUnited States2,525,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosGermany67,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosSpain38,500Engaged yet UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosAustralia160,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogProtestantism
FilipinosFilipinosSingapore175,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosMalaysia878,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
TagalogTagalogPhilippines36,950,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism

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