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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Maltese of Malta

The Maltese of Malta, numbering approximately 537,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Malta They are an Indigenous people, with Maltese as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Maltese people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism. They primarily speak Maltese.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Malta
People Cluster: Maltese
Primary Language(s): Maltese (mlt)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 537,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000377
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

94%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Maltese
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

95%
%
Maltese Speakers

Media Resources in Maltese:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Maltese:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Maltese bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Maltese 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 Maltese:
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 Maltese of Malta

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 3:23

Pray that the gospel will advance and many will acknowledge that all have sinned, fall short of God's glory, and need a Savior to reconcile them to God.

I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
readPsalm 121:1-2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and experience hardship, God will remind them that their help comes from the One who made heaven and earth and that He is powerful to meet their needs.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Maltese Across Countries (ROP3 - 106188) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MaltesePG000377MalteseMalta537,000Engaged yet UnreachedMalteseRoman Catholicism
MaltesePG043341MalteseUnited States49,500Unengaged and UnreachedMalteseRoman Catholicism
MaltesePG047365MalteseCanada7,900Unengaged and UnreachedMalteseRoman Catholicism
MaltesePG012218MalteseTunisia3,800Unengaged and UnreachedMalteseRoman Catholicism
MaltesePG011843MalteseLibya1,500Engaged yet UnreachedMalteseRoman Catholicism

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