The Eastern Baloch of Pakistan

The Eastern Baloch of Pakistan, numbering approximately 2,995,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Pakistan, northeast Balochistan province: northwest Sind, southwest Punjab. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Eastern Balochi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Persian-Median Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Baloch
Primary Language(s): Eastern Balochi (bgp)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 2,995,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006346
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Eastern Balochi
Language Family: Indo-European

90%
%
Balochi, Eastern Speakers

Media Resources in Eastern Balochi:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Eastern Balochi:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Eastern Balochi bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), 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

Next steps for the Eastern Baloch:
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Pray specifically for the Eastern Baloch of Pakistan

Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!
readPsalm 30:10

Pray that people in the depths of despair and suffering and living outside of relationship with Christ will cry out to the Lord and find help, peace, and joy in Him.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.
readPsalm 67:4

Pray that God will use ways from in-person witnesses to digital gospel resources to bring the joy of His salvation to everyone so that they can be glad in Him and sing for joy.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will meditate daily on the Word of God so that, through it, they might have wisdom for the big and small decisions they face every day.

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ...that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
readColossians 4:3-4

Ask God to open doors for believers to share the gospel and help them communicate it clearly so that more people will understand the mystery of Christ and turn to follow Him.

Baloch Eastern Across Countries (ROP3 - 102830) reported in the following countries:

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