People group profile · PG042353
The Poles of Spain
The Poles of Spain, numbering about 53,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a West Slavic people of Central Europe whose culture has been shaped by Slavic heritage, Roman Catholic traditions, agricultural and urban communities, and a long history of statehood, foreign rule, and national resilience.
They are a diaspora people in the Slav, Western people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Roman Catholicism, and they primarily speak Polish.
Fast facts
- Country
- Spain
- Population
- 53,000
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Slav, Western
- Primary language
- Polish (pol)
- 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
Where they live
Gospel status
The Poles 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 Poles
- 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
80% adherents
Primary language
Polish · Indo-European family
100% speak Polish
Gospel resources in Polish
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 1632 Polish Biblia Gdanska · text
- Living New Testament (Słowo Życia) · video
- Millennium Bible · audio
- New Covenant Translation · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Poles
- 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.
Poles in other countries
The same people (ROP3 108096) is reported in 23 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poles | Poland | 36,630,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Poles | Brazil | 1,900,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Poles | Ukraine | 1,275,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Poles | Germany | 922,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Poles | United Kingdom | 755,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Poles | United States | 521,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Poles | Canada | 318,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Poles | Belarus | 293,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Poles | Argentina | 233,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Poles | Lithuania | 179,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Poles | Ireland | 124,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Poles | Belgium | 101,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Poles | Italy | 94,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Poles | Sweden | 79,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Poles | Kazakhstan | 62,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Poles | Austria | 58,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Poles | Australia | 53,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Poles | Latvia | 46,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Poles | Czech Republic | 20,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Poles | Iceland | 20,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Poles | Denmark | 16,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Poles | Venezuela | 8,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Poles | Uzbekistan | 3,800 | No Longer Unreached |
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