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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Moldovans of United States

The Moldovans of United States, numbering approximately 49,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an East Romance people of historical Moldavia/Bessarabia, speakers of Moldovan/Romanian, predominantly Eastern Orthodox, with agrarian and wine-growing traditions and a national identity contested between Romanian and Soviet-era Moldovan identities. They mostly adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Romanian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Romanian
Primary Language(s): Romanian (ron)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 49,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG047277
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

80%
%
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: No longer Unreached

The Moldovans 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 Moldovans:
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 Moldovans of United States

"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
readJohn 16:33

Pray that those who don't have peace with God will find peace in Christ, even amid the troubles of this world.

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
read1 Timothy 2:5-6

Pray for the truth about Jesus Christ to spread among the lost so that many will accept His ransom for their sin and experience freedom in a relationship with Him.

I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me. I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around.
readPsalm 3:5-6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience isolation or other persecution, God will sustain them and give them confidence and rest in Him.

There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
readMark 7:15

Pray for Christians to take any opportunity to share the hope of Jesus with lost people here, praying they will be wise like Jesus as they share the truth about what can defile people and what can make them clean.

Moldovan Across Countries (ROP3 - 106730) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MoldovansPG000866MoldovansMoldova2,380,000Engaged yet UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
MoldovansPG024306MoldovansUzbekistan5,600Unengaged and UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
MoldovansPG047277MoldovansUnited States49,500No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
MoldovansPG047364MoldovansCanada16,000No Longer UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity
MoldovansPG048836MoldovansItaly125,000Engaged yet UnreachedRomanianEastern Orthodox Christianity

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

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