People group profile · PG000654
The Latvians of the United Kingdom
The Latvians of the United Kingdom, numbering about 95,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Baltic people from Latvia whose community in the United Kingdom includes postwar refugees and more recent migrants, maintaining Latvian cultural ties while forming part of the wider Latvian diaspora.
They are a diaspora people in the Baltic people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Unaffiliated, and they primarily speak Standard Latvian.
Fast facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 95,000
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Baltic
- Primary language
- Standard Latvian (lvs)
- Primary religion
- Unaffiliated
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Northern Europe, Europe
Where they live
Gospel status
The Latvians 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 Latvians
- 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
50% adherents
Primary language
Standard Latvian · Atlantic-Congo family
100% speak Standard Latvian
Gospel resources in Standard Latvian
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Latvian)
Bibles
- 1953 British and Foreign Bible Society · audio
- New Latvian Interconfessional Bible · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Latvians
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
Latvian in other countries
The same people (ROP3 105674) is reported in 6 other countries.
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