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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Western Punjabis of Pakistan

The Western Punjabis of Pakistan, numbering approximately 97,440,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Punjab region of eastern Pakistan and northwestern India They are an Indigenous people, with Punjabi as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Punjabi people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Western Panjabi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Punjabi
Primary Language(s): Western Panjabi (pnb)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 97,440,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006420

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

97%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Western Panjabi
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Punjabi, Western Speakers

Media Resources in Western Panjabi:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Western Panjabi:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Western Panjabi bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Western Punjabis 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 Western Punjabis:
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 Western Punjabis of Pakistan

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
readPsalm 10:17-18

Pray that God, in accordance with His good character, will give justice to those who are oppressed by sin and that they will know that His offer of salvation is for everyone.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
readPsalm 57:10

Pray that God will work, even in the hearts of hard-to-reach people, and that they will rejoice in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
readHebrews 10:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will not neglect meeting together but encourage one another as they see the Day approaching.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Punjabi, Western Across Countries (ROP3 - 110802) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Western PunjabisPG006420Western PunjabisPakistan97,440,000Engaged yet UnreachedWestern PanjabiSunni Islam
Western PunjabisPG023134Western PunjabisUnited Kingdom272,000Engaged yet UnreachedWestern PanjabiSunni Islam
Western PunjabisPG011845Western PunjabisLibya73,500Unengaged and UnreachedWestern PanjabiSunni Islam
PunjabisPG042494PunjabisBelgium24,000Unengaged and UnreachedWestern PanjabiSunni Islam
PunjabisPG048907PunjabisFrance5,100Engaged yet UnreachedWestern PanjabiHinduism

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