People group profile · PG043321
The Latvians of the United States
The Latvians of the United States, numbering about 112,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Latvian American community shaped by successive waves of immigration and postwar refugee resettlement that preserves the language, traditions, and cultural heritage of the Latvian people.
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 States
- Population
- 112,000
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Baltic
- Primary language
- Standard Latvian (lvs)
- Primary religion
- Unaffiliated
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Latvians are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Latvians
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
38% 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
- 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.
Latvian in other countries
The same people (ROP3 105674) is reported in 6 other countries.
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