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The Monpa of India

The Monpa of India, numbering approximately 153,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a subgroup of the Monpa, an ethnic group originating in northeastern India. They mostly adhere to Tibetan Buddhism and Tawang Monpa is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Tibetan
Primary Language(s): Tawang Monpa (twm)
Primary Religion(s): Tibetan Buddhism
Population: 153,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG041990
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Tibetan Buddhism
Religious Affiliation: Buddhism

85%
%
Tibetan Buddhism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tawang Monpa
Language Family: Bookkeeping

100%
%
Monpa, Tawang Speakers

Media Resources in Tawang Monpa:

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Bible Resources in Tawang Monpa:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Monpa 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 Monpa:
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 Monpa of India

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
readMatthew 11:28

Pray for those who are tired, weary, and burdened by the weight of sin to encounter Jesus and experience the rest that only He can give.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

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.

Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves.
readLuke 10:3

Ask God to raise up and send humble believers who will depend on Him as they go out like lambs among wolves to share the good news with those who need to hear it.

Monpa, Tawang Across Countries (ROP3 - 113801) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
Cona MonbaPG007308Cona MonbaChina42,000Unengaged and UnreachedTawang MonpaTibetan Buddhism
MonpaPG041990MonpaIndia153,000No Longer UnreachedTawang MonpaTibetan Buddhism

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