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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

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:

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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

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.
readMatthew 5:6

Pray for those who are lost to desire righteousness and to be filled with the peace and purpose that only comes from following Jesus.

Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
readPsalm 119:97

Pray that the lost will have access to God's Word in their language and treasure it deeply, meditating on God's promises and precepts.

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
read2 Corinthians 5:18

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will serve as God's ambassadors, sharing the message of reconciliation with others.

Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father sends me, even so I am sending you."
readJohn 20:21

Ask God to raise up and send out believers cross-culturally who will go out in His authority and be sustained by His peace as they share the gospel with the lost.

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

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▲LanguageReligion
HunsrikPG047513HunsrikBrazil2,000,000Engaged yet UnreachedHunsrikRoman Catholicism

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