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The Spaniards of Italy

The Spaniards of Italy, numbering approximately 27,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Southern European people whose culture has been shaped by the interaction of Iberian, Roman, Visigothic, Islamic, Jewish, and Christian traditions, as well as centuries of regional development within the Iberian Peninsula. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Spanish is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Italy
People Cluster: Spanish
Primary Language(s): Spanish (spa)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 27,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000358
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

76%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Spanish
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Spanish Speakers

Media Resources in Spanish:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

5 films

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Bible Resources in Spanish:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1569 Sagradas Escrituras✓
1602 Reina-Valera Antigua✓
Biblia de América✓✓✓
Dios Habla Hoy✓
La Biblia✓
La Palabra de Dios para Todos✓
La Santa Biblia, Nueva Versión Internacional®✓
Lenguaje Actual✓
Reina Valera 1995✓
Reina Valera Contemporánea✓
Reina Valera, Revisada y Corregida (1865)✓
The Word of God for All - 2000 World Bible Translation Center✓✓
The Word of God for All 2014✓✓

13 entries

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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 Spaniards:
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Pray specifically for the Spaniards of Italy

That they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:27

Pray that those who don't yet know Christ will search diligently for God and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
readJohn 3:14-15

Pray that the lost will look to Jesus lifted up on the cross and believe in Him, gaining eternal life with God.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
readColossians 4:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, their speech will always be gracious and ready to answer for the hope which is within them.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Spaniard Across Countries (ROP3 - 109534) reported in the following countries:

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19 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
SpaniardsPG000535SpaniardsSpain31,920,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000199SpaniardsFrance248,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG022234SpaniardsGermany184,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000684SpaniardsUnited Kingdom159,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG046463SpaniardsUnited States86,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000601SpaniardsSwitzerland85,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG042492SpaniardsBelgium50,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000358SpaniardsItaly27,500Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000002SpaniardsAndorra24,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishUnaffiliated
SpaniardsPG000435SpaniardsNetherlands19,500Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG020265SpaniardsAustralia19,000No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG015206SpaniardsAngola18,500Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000497SpaniardsPortugal16,000Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000303SpaniardsIreland15,500No Longer UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG043476SpaniardsCanada13,000Engaged yet UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000043SpaniardsAustria7,400Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG000097SpaniardsDenmark5,400Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG016449SpaniardsTrinidad and Tobago4,300Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism
SpaniardsPG018373SpaniardsNew Caledonia2,900Unengaged and UnreachedSpanishRoman Catholicism

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