The Jews of France

The Jews of France, numbering approximately 600,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnoreligious community of French-speaking Jews in France. They mostly adhere to Judaism and French is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Jewish Peoples
Country: France
People Cluster: Jews
Primary Language(s): French (fra)
Primary Religion(s): Judaism
Population: 600,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000168
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Pray for the Jews of France

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Judaism
Religious Affiliation: Judaism

60%
%
Judaism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: French
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
French Speakers

Media Resources in French:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Jews 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 Jews:
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 Jews of France

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
readColossians 3:5-6

Pray for God to have mercy and give those who don't yet know Him the gift of Jesus and His salvation for all who call upon His name.

And he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
readLuke 7:50

Pray for the good news of Jesus Christ to reach many so that they can place their faith in Him and have lasting hope.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
readPsalm 51:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will quickly repent when they sin and walk with clean hearts and right spirits as they grow in their relationship with the Lord.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
readRomans 12:4-5

Ask God to send believers to people in other cultures and to help them use their gifts in harmony with others so that the body of Christ may be built up.

Jew (French) Across Countries (ROP3 - 103063) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
JewsJewsFrance600,000Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchJudaism
Jew (French)Jew (French)Israel118,000Engaged yet UnreachedFrenchJudaism
Algerian JewsAlgerian JewsAlgeria225Unengaged and UnreachedFrenchSecularism

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