People group profile · PG000135
The Basque of France
The Basque of France, numbering about 955,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are citizens and permanent residents of France who trace their ethnic identity to the Basque region in the western Pyrenees, straddling the border between France and Spain.
They are an indigenous people in the Basque people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Basque.
Fast facts
- Country
- France
- Population
- 955,000
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Basque
- Primary language
- Basque (eus)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Western Europe, Europe
Where they live
Gospel status
The Basque are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Basque
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
69% adherents
Primary language
10% speak Basque
Gospel resources in Basque
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Euskera)
Bibles
- 1571 Navarro-Labourdin · text
- Elizen Arteko Biblia (EAB) Biblia en Euskara, Traducción Interconfesional · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Basque
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
Basque in other countries
The same people is also reported in 5 other countries.
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