The Southern Baloch of Pakistan

The Southern Baloch of Pakistan, numbering approximately 4,595,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of Baloch, a nomadic, pastoral, Western Iranic ethnic group native to the Balochistan region of South and Western Asia. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Southern Balochi is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Southern Baloch

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Persian-Median Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Baloch
Primary Language(s): Southern Balochi (bcc)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 4,595,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006401

Pray for the Southern Baloch of Pakistan

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

80%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southern Balochi
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Balochi, Southern Speakers

Media Resources in Southern Balochi:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Southern Balochi:

2 entries

Or check out the Southern Balochi bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Southern Baloch 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 Southern Baloch:
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 Southern Baloch of Pakistan

That they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:27

Pray that those who don't yet know Christ will search diligently for God and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
readLuke 13:3

Pray that the lost will repent and believe the gospel, for without it, they will perish.

It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.”
readIsaiah 25:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will proclaim and rejoice in His salvation.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
read1 Corinthians 9:22

Ask God to raise up believers from around the world to go and share the hope of Jesus with the lost so that they might trust in Him and have the hope of eternal life.

Baloch Southern Across Countries (ROP3 - 109469) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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7 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
Southern BalochSouthern BalochPakistan4,595,000Engaged yet UnreachedSouthern BalochiSunni Islam
Southern BalochSouthern BalochOman675,000Engaged yet UnreachedSouthern BalochiSunni Islam
Southern BalochSouthern BalochQatar56,500Unengaged and UnreachedSouthern BalochiSunni Islam
Southern BalochSouthern BalochSaudi Arabia13,500Unengaged and UnreachedSouthern BalochiSunni Islam
Southern BalochSouthern BalochUnited Arab Emirates485,000Engaged yet UnreachedSouthern BalochiSunni Islam
Southern BalochSouthern BalochUnited States325Unengaged and UnreachedSouthern BalochiSunni Islam
Southern BalochSouthern BalochBahrain51,500Engaged yet UnreachedSouthern BalochiSunni Islam

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