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The Brazilians of Canada

The Brazilians of Canada, numbering approximately 28,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Portuguese-speaking people of highly mixed historical orgins, united by a shared national culture and identity rather than a single ethnicity. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Portuguese is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Portuguese, Brazilian
Primary Language(s): Portuguese (por)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 28,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG047367
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Pray for the Brazilians of Canada

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

65%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Portuguese
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Portuguese Speakers

Media Resources in Portuguese:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

5 films

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Bible Resources in Portuguese:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2014 Bible League International✓
Almeida Corrigida Fiel (ACF)✓
Almeida Revista e Atualizada✓
Almeida Revista e Corrigida✓
João Ferreira de Almeida Atualizada✓
Nova Traducao na Linguagem de Hoje✓✓
Tradução de João Ferreira de Almeida✓
Tradução Interconfessional - a BÍBLIA para todos✓✓

8 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Portuguese bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Brazilians 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 Brazilians:
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 Brazilians of Canada

For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?
readPsalm 18:31

As people look to their own efforts for hope, pray they will have the opportunity to learn and believe in the Lord, who is the only Rock worthy of their faith.

And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
readZechariah 2:11

Pray that many will take refuge in the Lord and be His people who share the good news of salvation in Jesus with others.

It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
readIsaiah 25:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will proclaim and rejoice in His salvation.

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
readIsaiah 58:7

As believers cross cultures to share the good news of Christ, pray that God will sustain them and grow their faith as He gives them the compassion necessary to minister well to those in need.

Brazilian Across Countries (ROP3 - 115779) reported in the following countries:

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14 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BraziliansPG000009BraziliansAustria850No Longer UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
BraziliansPG000471BraziliansPortugal182,000No Longer UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
BraziliansPG016329BraziliansFrench Guiana16,500No Longer UnreachedPortugueseFolk Catholicism
BraziliansPG016369BraziliansGuyana10,500No Longer UnreachedPortugueseFolk Catholicism
BraziliansPG016388BraziliansJamaica6,000No Longer UnreachedPortugueseFolk Catholicism
BraziliansPG016600BraziliansBrazil206,580,000No Longer UnreachedPortugueseFolk Catholicism
BraziliansPG042335BraziliansSpain33,500Engaged yet UnreachedPortugueseFolk Catholicism
BraziliansPG046522BraziliansUnited States321,000No Longer UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
BraziliansPG046804BraziliansParaguay463,000No Longer UnreachedPortugueseFolk Catholicism
BraziliansPG047367BraziliansCanada28,000No Longer UnreachedPortugueseRoman Catholicism
BraziliansPG047834BraziliansBelgium17,000No Longer UnreachedPortugueseFolk Catholicism
BraziliansPG048432BraziliansUnited Kingdom276,000No Longer UnreachedPortugueseFolk Catholicism
BraziliansPG048542BraziliansSwitzerland21,500No Longer UnreachedPortugueseFolk Catholicism
BraziliansPG048554BraziliansItaly46,500No Longer UnreachedPortugueseFolk Catholicism

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

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