The Sub-Saharan Africans (English) of Belgium

The Sub-Saharan Africans (English) of Belgium, numbering approximately 123,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a diaspora population of diverse Sub-Saharan African origins in Belgium, largely descended from migrants and their descendants who maintain ties to ancestral homelands while sharing a broader Afro-descendant identity. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and English is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples
Country: Belgium
People Cluster: Sub-Saharan African, generic
Primary Language(s): English (eng)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 123,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG047833
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: English
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
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English Speakers

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Sub-Saharan Africans (English) are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Sub-Saharan Africans (English):
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Sub-Saharan Africans (English) of Belgium

And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you."
read1 Samuel 13:13a

Pray that those who are walking in disobedience will recognize their sin and to turn to God.

So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them
readMatthew 4:24

Pray that the truth about the Lord will spread throughout the land so that many will have an opportunity to receive the good news and put their faith in Him.

Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.
readEphesians 6:18

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be alert and persistent in prayer for all believers, offering their requests with thanksgiving.

And he said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readLuke 10:2

Ask God to send out laborers into His harvest field, raising up believers from around the world to go and proclaim the kingdom of God with those who need to hear it.

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