People group profile · PG000377
The Maltese of Malta
The Maltese of Malta, numbering about 537,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Malta.
They are an indigenous people in the Maltese people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Maltese.
Fast facts
- Country
- Malta
- Population
- 537,000
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Maltese
- Primary language
- Maltese (mlt)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Europe, Europe
- Location
- Widespread
Where they live
Gospel status
The Maltese are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Maltese
- 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
Primary religion
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
94% adherents
Primary language
Maltese · Afro-Asiatic family
95% speak Maltese
Gospel resources in Maltese
- Bible available, published 2010
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Maltese
- 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.
Maltese in other countries
The same people is also reported in 4 other countries.
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