People group profile · PG012218
The Maltese of Tunisia
The Maltese of Tunisia, numbering about 3,800 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Maltese diaspora community descended from nineteenth-century migrants who settled in Tunisia's coastal towns and preserved their Maltese language, heritage, and Mediterranean identity.
They are a diaspora people in the Maltese people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Maltese.
Fast facts
- Country
- Tunisia
- Population
- 3,800
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Maltese
- Primary language
- Maltese (mlt)
- Primary religion
- Roman Catholicism
- 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
- Northern Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Maltese 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 Maltese
- 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
Roman Catholicism · Christianity
95% adherents
Primary language
Maltese · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Maltese
Gospel resources in Maltese
- Bible available
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
Maltese in other countries
The same people (ROP3 106188) is reported in 4 other countries.
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