People group profile · PG000353
The Shawiya of Italy
The Shawiya of Italy, numbering about 39,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Berber ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Aurès Plateau region of the Atlas Mountains of northeastern Algeria.
They are a diaspora people in the Amazigh-Shawiya people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Tachawit.
Fast facts
- Country
- Italy
- Population
- 39,000
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazigh-Shawiya
- Primary language
- Tachawit (shy)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Europe, Europe
Where they live
Gospel status
The Shawiya are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, 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.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Shawiya
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
100% adherents
Primary language
Tachawit · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Tachawit
Gospel resources in Tachawit
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- Magdalena (Tacawit)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Shawiya
- 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.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
Amazigh, Shawiya in other countries
The same people (ROP3 108925) is reported in 4 other countries.
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