People group profile · PG050501
The Judeo-Moroccan Jews of Canada
The Judeo-Moroccan Jews of Canada, numbering about 16,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnoreligous community of Moroccan Jews in Canada.
They are a diaspora people in the Jews people cluster of the Jewish Peoples. Their primary religion is Judaism, and they primarily speak Judeo-Moroccan Arabic.
Fast facts
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 16,500
- Affinity group
- Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
- People cluster
- Jews
- Primary language
- Judeo-Moroccan Arabic (aju)
- Primary religion
- Judaism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Moroccan Jews
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- Quebec and Ontario
Where they live
Gospel status
The Judeo-Moroccan Jews 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 Judeo-Moroccan Jews
- 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
100% adherents
Primary language
Judeo-Moroccan Arabic · Afro-Asiatic family
80% speak Judeo-Moroccan Arabic
Gospel resources in Judeo-Moroccan Arabic
- Bible available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Judeo-Moroccan Jews
- 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.
Jew, Judeo-Moroccan in other countries
The same people (ROP3 104318) is reported in 3 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maghrebi Jews | Israel | 546,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Moroccan Jews | United States | 25,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Moroccan Jews | Morocco | 2,200 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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