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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Zangskar of Pakistan

The Zangskar of Pakistan, numbering approximately 9,800 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Tibetan ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Zaskar mountians of India's Jammu and Kashmir state. They mostly adhere to Tibetan Buddhism and Zangskari is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Tibetan
Primary Language(s): Zangskari (zau)
Primary Religion(s): Tibetan Buddhism
Population: 9,800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006421

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Tibetan Buddhism
Religious Affiliation: Buddhism

95%
%
Tibetan Buddhism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Zangskari
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

64%
%
Zangskari Speakers

Media Resources in Zangskari:

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Bible Resources in Zangskari:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Zangskar 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 Zangskar:
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 Zangskar of Pakistan

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
readRomans 10:14

Pray that those who haven't heard will hear the Word of Christ and believe in Him, calling upon the name of the Lord to be saved.

And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
readZechariah 2:11

Pray that many will take refuge in the Lord and be His people who share the good news of salvation in Jesus with others.

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.
readDeuteronomy 7:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know God's faithful love and keep His commandments, experiencing His steadfast care.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Zangskar Across Countries (ROP3 - 111144) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
ZangskarPG006421ZangskarPakistan9,800Engaged yet UnreachedZangskariTibetan Buddhism

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