The Moroccan Arabs of Canada

The Moroccan Arabs of Canada, numbering approximately 111,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an Arabic-speaking people of North Africa whose culture reflects the interaction of Arab, Amazigh (Berber), Islamic, Mediterranean, Saharan, African, and Andalusian influences within the distinctive historical and social context of Morocco They are an Diaspora people, with Arab, Moroccan as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Arab, Maghreb people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Arabic, Moroccan.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Arab Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Arab, Maghreb
Primary Language(s): Arabic, Moroccan (ary)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 111,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047410
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Arabic, Moroccan
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

100%
%
Arabic, Moroccan Speakers

Media Resources in Arabic, Moroccan:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

Bible Resources in Arabic, Moroccan:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Morocco Bible Society, 2012

1 entry

Or check out the Arabic, Moroccan bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Moroccan Arabs are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Moroccan Arabs:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Moroccan Arabs of Canada

Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.
read1 John 3:8

Pray for those living in darkness to recognize the destructive power of sin and the victory Christ has won over it.

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
readPsalm 8:1

Pray that those who have yet to believe will soon recognize the majesty of God's name and raise their voices in praise to the Lord Almighty.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
readJohn 10:29

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember that they can never lose their salvation

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

Arab, Moroccan Across Countries (ROP3 - 106804) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

15 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsWestern Sahara414,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsCanada111,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsUnited States121,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsAlgeria186,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsGermany136,000Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsItaly513,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsMorocco21,230,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsLibya11,500Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsFrance853,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsUnited Kingdom40,500Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsSpain874,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsPortugal23,500Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsNetherlands410,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsGibraltar1,700Unengaged and UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam
Moroccan ArabsMoroccan ArabsBelgium232,000Engaged yet UnreachedArabic, MoroccanSunni Islam

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