People group profile · PG011750
The Maghrebi Jews of Israel
The Maghrebi Jews of Israel, numbering about 546,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a North African ethnoreligious community formed in he Maghreb region during the Middle Ages.
They are an indigenous people in the Jews people cluster of the Jewish Peoples. Their primary religion is Judaism, and they primarily speak Judeo-Moroccan Arabic.
Fast facts
- Country
- Israel
- Population
- 546,000
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Jews
- Primary language
- Judeo-Moroccan Arabic (aju)
- Primary religion
- Judaism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Asia, Asia
- Location
- Widespread
Where they live
Gospel status
The Maghrebi Jews 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Maghrebi Jews
- 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
Primary language
Judeo-Moroccan Arabic · Afro-Asiatic family
70% speak Judeo-Moroccan Arabic
Gospel resources in Judeo-Moroccan Arabic
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Maghrebi Jews
- 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.
Jew, Judeo-Moroccan in other countries
The same people (ROP3 104318) is reported in 3 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moroccan Jews | United States | 25,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Judeo-Moroccan Jews | Canada | 16,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Moroccan Jews | Morocco | 2,200 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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