Bengali of Singapore (PGID: PG010689)

The Bengali of Singapore

The Bengali of Singapore, numbering approximately 157,000 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: Singapore
People Cluster: Bengali
Primary Language(s): Bengali (ben)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 157,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG010689
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

99%

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 Singapore

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
Revelation 3:20

Pray that those who have not opened their hearts to Jesus will hear His knock and invite Him in as their Savior and Lord.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
Psalm 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.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Romans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ...that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
Colossians 4:3-4

Ask God to open doors for believers to share the gospel and help them communicate it clearly so that more people will understand the mystery of Christ and turn to follow 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
PG043534	Bengali	United States	377,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG000614	Bengali	United Kingdom	1,175,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG012225	Bengali	United Arab Emirates	1,360,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG010826	Bengali	Thailand	35,500	Unengaged and Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG006430	Bengali	Sri Lanka	25,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG010689	Bengali	Singapore	157,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG011915	Bengali	Saudi Arabia	1,085,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG006332	Bengali	Pakistan	393,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG046408	Bengali	Oman	268,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG009409	Bengali	Myanmar	347,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG046931	Bengali	Malaysia	500,000	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
PG048197	Bengali	India	4,590,000	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

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