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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Germans of Mexico

The Germans of Mexico, numbering approximately 13,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a West Germanic people of Central Europe whose culture has been shaped by a long history of regional diversity, urban and rural traditions, Christianity, industrialization, and strong civic institutions. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and German is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Mexico
People Cluster: Germanic
Primary Language(s): German (deu)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 13,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG024958
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

78%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: German
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
German, Standard Speakers

Media Resources in German:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film
The SaviorView Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in German:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1545 Luther Bibel✓
1905 Darby Unrevidierte Elberfel✓
1912 Luther Bibel✓
1971 Darby Unrevidierte Elberfel✓
Hoffnung für alle®✓

5 entries

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the German bible at Bible.com

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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 Germans:
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Pray specifically for the Germans of Mexico

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
read1 Timothy 6:9

Pray for those, rich and poor, who have put their trust in worldly things, and ask that they will be honest with themselves, acknowledge their need for God and turn to Him.

He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
readIsaiah 40:11

Pray that the lost will come to know the tender care of the Good Shepherd, who gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart.

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
readIsaiah 41:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will not fear, for the Lord is with them, and He will strengthen, help, and uphold them with His righteous right hand.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

German Across Countries (ROP3 - 103305) reported in the following countries:

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24 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
GermansPG000239GermansGermany69,070,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanRoman Catholicism
GermansPG043248GermansUnited States914,000No Longer UnreachedGermanUnaffiliated
GermansPG043397GermansCanada774,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanUnaffiliated
GermansPG016846GermansBrazil589,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanRoman Catholicism
GermansPG015500GermansSouth Africa580,000No Longer UnreachedGermanUnaffiliated
GermansPG000408GermansNetherlands579,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanRoman Catholicism
GermansPG000588GermansSwitzerland318,000No Longer UnreachedGermanRoman Catholicism
GermansPG000018GermansAustria318,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanUnaffiliated
GermansPG017403GermansBolivia265,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanUnaffiliated
GermansPG017238GermansParaguay225,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanUnaffiliated
GermansPG048816GermansKazakhstan219,000Engaged yet UnreachedRussianUnaffiliated
GermansPG007907GermansAustralia124,000No Longer UnreachedGermanUnaffiliated
GermansPG046655GermansSpain112,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanRoman Catholicism
GermansPG000056GermansBelgium80,500No Longer UnreachedGermanRoman Catholicism
GermansPG000875GermansPoland45,000No Longer UnreachedGermanRoman Catholicism
GermansPG000830GermansHungary35,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanUnaffiliated
GermansPG000369GermansLuxembourg33,000No Longer UnreachedGermanRoman Catholicism
GermansPG000086GermansDenmark28,500Engaged yet UnreachedGermanRoman Catholicism
GermansPG015441GermansNamibia27,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanRoman Catholicism
GermansPG000771GermansCzech Republic22,500No Longer UnreachedGermanUnaffiliated
GermansPG024958GermansMexico13,500Unengaged and UnreachedGermanRoman Catholicism
GermansPG000979GermansSlovenia6,300Engaged yet UnreachedGermanUnaffiliated
GermansPG018440GermansSingapore2,000Engaged yet UnreachedGermanProtestantism
GermansPG000364GermansLiechtenstein1,400No Longer UnreachedGermanRoman Catholicism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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