The Hungarians of Sweden

The Hungarians of Sweden, numbering approximately 32,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a diaspora community of Hungarians in Sweden. They are an Diaspora people, in the Hungarian people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Unaffiliated. They primarily speak Hungarian.

Hungarians in Hungary photo
Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. Photo Source: Masters View / Howard Erickson

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: European Peoples
Country: Sweden
People Cluster: Hungarian
Primary Language(s): Hungarian (hun)
Primary Religion(s): Unaffiliated
Population: 32,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000555

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Unaffiliated
Religious Affiliation: Unaffiliated

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Unaffiliated Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hungarian
Language Family: Uralic

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Hungarian Speakers

Bible Resources in Hungarian:

Or check out the Hungarian bible resources at Bible.com

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Next steps for the Hungarians

The Hungarians are Unengaged and Unreached, 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.

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Next steps for the Hungarians

The Hungarians 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.

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

Next steps for the Hungarians

The Hungarians 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.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Hungarians of Sweden

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
readMatthew 5:44-45

Pray for those who don't know Jesus to encounter believers who are kind and compassionate and that their imitation of Christ will serve as a testimony that attracts lost people to Jesus.

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
readJames 4:4

Pray that the lost will be convicted of their friendship with the world, which is hostility toward God, and that they will turn from their sin and embrace the grace and mercy of God through Christ Jesus.

The LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you.
readNumbers 6:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember that He has given them His favor and His presence.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

Hungarian (ROP3 - 103918) reported in the following countries:

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