People group profile · PG047280
The Mauritanians of the United States
The Mauritanians of the United States, numbering about 1,300 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an exonym designating Muslim people of mixed Arab-Berber descent in the Maghreb, Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta.
They are a diaspora people in the Arab, Hassaniya people cluster of the Arab Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Hassaniyya.
Fast facts
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 1,300
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Arab, Hassaniya
- Primary language
- Hassaniyya (mey)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mauritanians are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 Mauritanians
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Sunni Islam · Islam
96% adherents
Primary language
Hassaniyya · Afro-Asiatic family
100% speak Hassaniyya
Gospel resources in Hassaniyya
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
- JESUS (Arabic, Hassaniya)
Bibles
- PBT Version · video, audio
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mauritanians
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
Mauritanians in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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