The Maghrebi Jews of Tunisia

The Maghrebi Jews of Tunisia, numbering approximately 1,100 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a North African ethnoreligious community formed in he Maghreb region during the Middle Ages and can also be known as Tunisian Jew. They are an Diaspora people, in the Jews people cluster of the Jews affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Judaism. They primarily speak Arabic, Tunisian.

Maghrebi Jews in Tunisia photo
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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North Africa and Middle East Peoples
Country: Tunisia
People Cluster: Jews
Primary Language(s): Arabic, Tunisian (aeb)
Primary Religion(s): Judaism
Population: 1,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG012217

Pray for the Maghrebi Jews of Tunisia

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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, Tunisian
Language Family: Afro-Asiatic

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Arabic, Tunisian Speakers

Bible Resources in Arabic, Tunisian:

Or check out the Arabic, Tunisian bible resources at Bible.com

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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 Tunisia

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
readPsalm 51:1

Give thanks to God that He is able to forgive all the sins people might commit, and pray that many who don't yet know this will hear the good news and turn to Him for mercy.

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
readLamentations 3:23-23

Pray that they will have hope in the Lord, knowing that His compassions never fails and that His mercies are new every morning.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
readGalatians 3:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be united in Christ across all differences of ethnicity, social status, and gender.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
readRomans 1:16

Pray that God will raise up sons and daughters who, like Paul, will be bold to share the gospel across cultural barriers so that many might receive salvation.

Jew, Tunisian (ROP3 - 110287) reported in the following countries:

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