Bengali of Canada (PGID: PG043360)

The Bengali of Canada

The Bengali of Canada, numbering approximately 81,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic community originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of South Asia. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Bengali is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Bengali
Primary Language(s): Bengali (ben)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 81,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG043360
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

95%

Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bengali
Language Family: Indo-European

100%

Bengali Speakers

Media Resources in Bengali:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
JESUS	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
The Savior	View Film

5 films

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Bible Resources in Bengali:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
Common Language Version	✓	✓	✓
Mussolmani	✓	✓
Re-edit Bangla Version		✓	✓

3 entries

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Or check out the Bengali bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bengali are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Bengali:

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

Pray specifically for the Bengali of Canada

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:7-8

Pray for the many who don't yet understand the hope of the gospel, and pray that God will reveal to them that while they were in darkness, Christ died for them.

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:19-20

Pray that God will use His creation – the “things that have been made” – to spark a fresh and passionate curiosity among them to draw near to the Maker and that, as they seek Him, He will make a way for them to hear the gospel and receive it with joy.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
Philippians 3:20-21

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember their citizenship is in heaven.

But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed.
2 Corinthians 3:16

Give thanks to God for believers around the world who are willing to cross cultures to share the gospel with those who are perishing. Pray that He will work through their witness to draw many to turn to Him.

Bengali Across Countries (ROP3 - 101254) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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16 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population	Strategic Progress Index	Language ▼	Religion
PG000614	Bengali	United Kingdom	1,175,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG006332	Bengali	Pakistan	393,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG006430	Bengali	Sri Lanka	25,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG009409	Bengali	Myanmar	347,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG010689	Bengali	Singapore	157,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG010826	Bengali	Thailand	35,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG011915	Bengali	Saudi Arabia	1,085,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG012225	Bengali	United Arab Emirates	1,360,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG014766	Bengali	Kenya	1,700	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG033519	Bengali	Italy	134,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG042451	Bengali	Germany	15,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG043360	Bengali	Canada	81,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG043534	Bengali	United States	377,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG046408	Bengali	Oman	268,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG046931	Bengali	Malaysia	500,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG048197	Bengali	India	4,590,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam

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