People group profile · PG047277
The Moldovans of the United States
The Moldovans of the United States, numbering about 49,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an East Romance people of historical Moldavia/Bessarabia, speakers of Moldovan/Romanian, predominantly Eastern Orthodox, with agrarian and wine-growing traditions and a national identity contested between Romanian and Soviet-era Moldovan identities.
They are a diaspora people in the Romanian people cluster of the Eurasian Peoples. Their primary religion is Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and they primarily speak Romanian.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 49,500
- Affinity group
- European Peoples
- People cluster
- Romanian
- Primary language
- Romanian (ron)
- Primary religion
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity
- 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 Moldovans 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 Moldovans
- 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
Eastern Orthodox Christianity · Christianity
80% adherents
Primary language
Romanian · Indo-European family
100% speak Romanian
Gospel resources in Romanian
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- Magdalena (Romanian)
Bibles
- 2000 Bible League International · text
- Dumitru Cornilescu / Библия Думитру Корнилеску 1924 · audio
- Interconfessional Version · audio, text
- Noua Traducere Românească (NTR) · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Moldovans
- 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.
- 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.
Moldovans in other countries
The same people is also reported in 4 other countries.
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