The Adi Gallong of India

The Adi Gallong of India, numbering approximately 71,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a clan-based tribal group of the Adi in Arunachal Pradesh, settled along the Siyom and Siang river regions, who live mainly by agriculture and follow the Donyi-Polo faith. They trace their descent to the ancestor Abo Tani They are an Indigenous people, with Adi as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Adi people cluster of the Himalayan Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Adi, Galo.

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Fast Facts*:

Affinity Group: Himalayan Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Adi
Primary Language(s): Adi, Galo (adl)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 71,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG041851
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Adi, Galo
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

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Adi, Galo Speakers

Media Resources in Adi, Galo:

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Bible Resources in Adi, Galo:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Adi Gallong are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Adi Gallong:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Adi Gallong of India

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation.
readPsalm 62:1

Pray that those who are troubled and don't know about the God who saves will hear the good news and find rest in the one true God who can offer salvation for their souls.

Moses said, "Please show me your glory." And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy."
readExodus 33:18-19

Pray that many will come to know the glory of God, which is revealed in Jesus Christ, and that they will rejoice in the mercy He offers them.

But you said, "I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude."
readGenesis 32:12

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will experience God's presence and protection even in difficult circumstances, knowing that He will make them fruitful.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
readActs 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

Adi, Gallong Across Countries (ROP3 - 111267) reported in the following countries:

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