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The Goans of Canada

The Goans of Canada, numbering approximately 5,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Indo-Portuguese, and Austro-Asiatic ethnic groups who trace their ancestry to the Indian state of Goa during the time when Goa was an overseas province of Portugal. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Goan Konkani is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Marathi-Konkani
Primary Language(s): Goan Konkani (gom)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 5,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG050393
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

89%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Goan Konkani
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Konkani, Goan Speakers

Media Resources in Goan Konkani:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Goan Konkani:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Goan Konkani bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Goans 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 Goans:
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 Goans of Canada

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that those who have not yet received new life will be made alive together with Christ, saved by grace and raised up with Him to newness of life.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed"
readGalatians 3:8

Ask the Lord to fulfill His promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed by advancing the gospel to every people group who has yet to receive it.

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O LORD, God of host.
readJeremiah 15:16

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will find joy and delight in the Word of the Lord.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
readEphesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Goan Across Countries (ROP3 - 104844) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GoansPG041474GoansIndia670,000No Longer UnreachedKonkani (individual language)Roman Catholicism
GoansPG006349GoansPakistan81,500No Longer UnreachedGoan KonkaniHinduism
GoansPG012241GoansUnited Arab Emirates74,500Engaged yet UnreachedGoan KonkaniHinduism
GoansPG015378GoansMozambique18,500Engaged yet UnreachedGoan KonkaniRoman Catholicism
GoansPG000635GoansUnited Kingdom12,000Engaged yet UnreachedGoan KonkaniRoman Catholicism
GoansPG050513GoansUnited States7,600Unengaged and UnreachedEnglishRoman Catholicism
GoansPG050393GoansCanada5,300No Longer UnreachedGoan KonkaniRoman Catholicism

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

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