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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Serbs of Italy

The Serbs of Italy, numbering approximately 36,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a South Slavic people native to the central Balkans, whose culture has been shaped by Orthodox Christianity, village and kinship traditions, centuries of life under competing empires, and a strong sense of historical and cultural continuity. They mostly adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Serbian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Italy
People Cluster: Slav, Southern
Primary Language(s): Serbian (srp)
Primary Religion(s): Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Population: 36,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG050053
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

90%
%
Eastern Orthodox Christia… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Serbian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Serbian Speakers

Media Resources in Serbian:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Serbian:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Serbian bible at Bible.com

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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 Serbs:
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Pray specifically for the Serbs of Italy

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
readPsalm 62:1

Pray that those who are troubled and don't know about the God who saves will hear the good news and find rest in the one true God who can offer salvation for their souls.

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
read2 Timothy 2:2

Pray that the lost will come to faith in Christ and be discipled in the truth of the gospel, becoming faithful followers of Jesus who, in turn, make disciples themselves.

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.
readPsalm 32:7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that God is their hiding place and that He will preserve them in the midst of trials.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

Serb Across Countries (ROP3 - 108856) reported in the following countries:

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18 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SerbsPG050300SerbsSlovenia53,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianRoman Catholicism
SerbsPG050053SerbsItaly36,500Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG049962SerbsAustria155,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG048716SerbsMontenegro200,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG047971SerbsKosovo76,500Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG047369SerbsCanada38,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG043620SerbsUnited States80,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG024588SerbsTurkiye5,400Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG017454SerbsChile4,100Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianUnaffiliated
SerbsPG017366SerbsArgentina7,400Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianUnaffiliated
SerbsPG015626SerbsZambia3,900Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG008065SerbsAustralia35,500Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG000969SerbsSerbia6,180,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG000860SerbsNorth Macedonia38,500Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG000763SerbsCroatia187,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG000724SerbsBosnia and Herzegovina962,000Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG000268SerbsGermany238,000Engaged yet UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity
SerbsPG000195SerbsFrance60,500Unengaged and UnreachedSerbianEastern Orthodox Christianity

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

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