People group profile · PG042335
The Brazilians of Spain
The Brazilians of Spain, numbering about 33,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Portuguese-speaking diaspora community in Spain whose identity is rooted in Brazil's highly diverse national heritage and maintained through shared Brazilian cultural traditions and social networks abroad.
They are a diaspora people in the Portuguese, Brazilian people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Catholicism, and they primarily speak Portuguese.
Fast facts
- Country
- Spain
- Population
- 33,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Portuguese, Brazilian
- Primary language
- Portuguese (por)
- Primary religion
- Folk 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
Where they live
Gospel status
The Brazilians 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 Brazilians
- 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
Folk Catholicism · Christianity
65% adherents
Primary language
Portuguese · Indo-European family
100% speak Portuguese
Gospel resources in Portuguese
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Portuguese, Brazil)
- JESUS (Portuguese, Portugal)
- Magdalena (Portuguese, Brazil)
- Magdalena (Portuguese, Portugal)
- The Savior (Portuguese, Brazil)
Bibles
- 2014 Bible League International · text
- Almeida Corrigida Fiel (ACF) · text
- Almeida Revista e Atualizada · audio
- Almeida Revista e Corrigida · audio
- João Ferreira de Almeida Atualizada · text
- Nova Traducao na Linguagem de Hoje · video, audio
- Tradução Interconfessional - a BÍBLIA para todos · audio, text
- Tradução de João Ferreira de Almeida · text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Brazilians
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- 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.
Brazilian in other countries
The same people (ROP3 115779) is reported in 13 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazilians | Brazil | 206,510,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Brazilians | Paraguay | 462,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Brazilians | United States | 320,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Brazilians | United Kingdom | 276,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Brazilians | Portugal | 182,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Brazilians | Italy | 46,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Brazilians | Canada | 28,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Brazilians | Switzerland | 21,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Brazilians | Belgium | 17,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Brazilians | French Guiana | 16,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Brazilians | Guyana | 10,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Brazilians | Jamaica | 6,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Brazilians | Austria | 850 | No Longer Unreached |
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