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The Hunsrik of Brazil

The Hunsrik of Brazil, numbering approximately 2,000,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a German Brazilian ethnolinguistic community descended chiefly from nineteenth-century immigrants from the Hunsrück region of Germany, concentrated in southern Brazil and identified by their distinctive Hunsrik language and heritage. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Hunsrik is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Germanic
Primary Language(s): Hunsrik (hrx)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 2,000,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047513
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

80%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hunsrik
Language Family: Indo-European

20%
%
Hunsrik Speakers

Media Resources in Hunsrik:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Hunsrik:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hunsrik 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 Hunsrik:
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 Hunsrik of Brazil

As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God".
readRomans 3:10-11

Pray that God will have mercy on those living in broken relationship with Him, and that He will bring many to surrender and repentance at the throne of grace.

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:26-27

Pray that the lost will seek God and find Him, for He is not far from each one of us. Pray that they will have opportunities to access the gospel, learn God's purpose for their lives, and believe in Him.

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
readPsalm 27:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will strengthen them when they face persecution of any kind for Jesus' name’s sake.

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
readPsalm 105:2

Pray for God to saturate this place with the gospel and raise up believing men and women from among them to share the good news of Christ with those who have yet to encounter it.

Hunsrik Across Countries (ROP3 - 115634) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountry ▲PopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HunsrikPG047513HunsrikBrazil2,000,000Engaged yet UnreachedHunsrikRoman Catholicism

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