The Deaf Lithuanians of Lithuania

The Deaf Lithuanians of Lithuania, numbering approximately 14,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community of individuals who are culturally Deaf and actively participate in Deaf culture, often using sign language as their primary means of communication. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Lithuanian Sign Language is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Deaf Peoples
Country: Lithuania
People Cluster: Deaf
Primary Language(s): Lithuanian Sign Language (lls)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 14,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047763
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Pray for the Deaf Lithuanians of Lithuania

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lithuanian Sign Language
Language Family: Sign Language

100%
%
Lithuanian Sign Language Speakers

Media Resources in Lithuanian Sign Language:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Lithuanian Sign Language:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Lithuanian Sign Language bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Deaf Lithuanians 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 Deaf Lithuanians:
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 Deaf Lithuanians of Lithuania

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
readMatthew 5:44-45

Pray for those who don't know Jesus to encounter believers who are kind and compassionate and that their imitation of Christ will serve as a testimony that attracts lost people to Jesus.

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!
readPsalm 96:7

Pray that entire households will come to faith in Jesus and that God will bless their families with faith in Him for generations to come.

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.”
readGenesis 15:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God to keep His promises.

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

Pray for those God might send to share the gospel here. Ask that they will grow closer to Jesus and be compelled to share His good news with people who don't know it.

Deaf Lithuanian Across Countries (ROP3 - 116640) reported in the following countries:

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