People group profile · PG043593
The Pennsylvania Dutch of the United States
The Pennsylvania Dutch of the United States, numbering about 140,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a German-American ethnocultural population distinguished by shared ancestry, dialect, religious traditions, and a strong historical identity rooted in the rural Mid-Atlantic United States.
They are an indigenous people in the Germanic people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Pennsylvania German.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 140,000
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Germanic
- Primary language
- Pennsylvania German (pdc)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- Scattered; Florida; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Missouri; Ohio; Oklahoma; New York; Pennsylvania; Virginia; West Virginia; Wisconsin; new communities in other states
Where they live
Gospel status
The Pennsylvania Dutch are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Pennsylvania Dutch
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
88% adherents
Primary language
Pennsylvania German · Indo-European family
100% speak Pennsylvania German
Gospel resources in Pennsylvania German
- Bible available, published 2016
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
- Wycliffe Bible Translators · text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Pennsylvania Dutch
- 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.
Amish in other countries
The same people (ROP3 107976) is reported in 1 other country.
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