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The Bosniaks of Austria

The Bosniaks of Austria, numbering approximately 101,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Bosnia and Herzegovina with distinct cultural traditions that blend Islamic, European, and Balkan influences. Austria hosts one of the largest Bosniak diasporas in Europe. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Bosnian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Austria
People Cluster: Slav, Southern
Primary Language(s): Bosnian (bos)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 101,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG049965
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

89%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bosnian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Bosnian Speakers

Media Resources in Bosnian:

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Bible Resources in Bosnian:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Bosniaks:
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Pray specifically for the Bosniaks of Austria

Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
readPsalm 46:10

Pray that those who do not yet worship Jesus will be still and know that He is God, that He will be exalted among them and in all the earth.

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.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

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.

Bosniak Across Countries (ROP3 - 101629) reported in the following countries:

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8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
BosniaksPG000713BosniaksBosnia and Herzegovina1,350,000Engaged yet UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam
BosniaksPG000857BosniaksNorth Macedonia40,000Engaged yet UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam
BosniaksPG000869BosniaksMontenegro48,500Unengaged and UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam
BosniaksPG042449BosniaksGermany203,000Engaged yet UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam
BosniaksPG046471BosniaksUnited States168,000Engaged yet UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam
BosniaksPG047368BosniaksCanada44,500Unengaged and UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam
BosniaksPG049965BosniaksAustria101,000Unengaged and UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam
BosniaksPG050303BosniaksSlovenia34,000Unengaged and UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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