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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Maghrebi Jews of Israel

The Maghrebi Jews of Israel, numbering approximately 539,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a North African ethnoreligious community formed in he Maghreb region during the Middle Ages. They are an Indigenous people, in the Jews people cluster of the Jews affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Judaism. They primarily speak Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North Africa and Middle East Peoples
Country: Israel
People Cluster: Jews
Primary Language(s): Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan (aju)
Primary Religion(s): Judaism
Population: 539,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG011750
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Judaism
Religious Affiliation: Judaism

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Judaism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

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Arabic, Judeo-Moroccan Speakers

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Next steps for the Maghrebi Jews

The Maghrebi Jews 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.

Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Next steps for the Maghrebi Jews

The Maghrebi 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.

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 Maghrebi Jews

The Maghrebi Jews 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 Maghrebi Jews of Israel

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that those who haven't heard will hear the Word of Christ and believe in Him, calling upon the name of the Lord to be saved.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the gospel of God's kingdom will reach more people and that they will respond in faith, becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

But you said, "I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude."
readGenesis 32:12

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will experience God's presence and protection even in difficult circumstances, knowing that He will make them fruitful.

For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
read2 Corinthians 1:5

When any who might believe suffer for the sake of the gospel, ask God to deepen their understanding of His grace so that they may share it freely with those who have not received it.

Jew, Judeo-Moroccan (ROP3 - 104318) reported in the following countries:

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