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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

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.
readRomans 1:19

Pray that God will use testimony of creation to cause those who do not yet know the gospel to long for truth and a relationship with the Author of life.

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.

The LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
readNumbers 6:26

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be blessed with peace in their lives, knowing that God is with them.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
readEphesians 6:12

Ask God to give those He sends to cross cultures the discernment they need to recognize the spiritual battle they are fighting. Pray God will protect their faith as they abide in Him.

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

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▲NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HunsrikPG047513HunsrikBrazil2,000,000Engaged yet UnreachedHunsrikRoman Catholicism

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