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 at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
readEphesians 5:8

Pray that those who are lost will turn from the darkness they are walking in and embrace the light, becoming children of light who bear fruit in every good work.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia."
readRomans 16:5

Pray for houses to be meeting places for Christians and that God will advance the gospel and grow His Church through natural familial and community relationships.

Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
readPsalm 100:3-4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be in awe of the Lord God, their Creator, and will give Him thanksgiving and praise.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

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

Strategic Progress Index
All

20 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic 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
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
FilipinosFilipinosSingapore175,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosMalaysia878,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
TagalogTagalogPhilippines36,950,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogRoman Catholicism
FilipinosFilipinosQatar255,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogProtestantism
FilipinosFilipinosAustralia160,000No Longer UnreachedTagalogProtestantism

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