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The Adi Gallong of India

The Adi Gallong of India, numbering approximately 71,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a clan-based tribal group of the Adi in Arunachal Pradesh, settled along the Siyom and Siang river regions, who live mainly by agriculture and follow the Donyi-Polo faith. They trace their descent to the ancestor Abo Tani. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Galo is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Himalayan Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Adi
Primary Language(s): Galo (adl)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 71,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG041851
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Galo
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Adi, Galo Speakers

Media Resources in Galo:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Adi Gallong are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Adi Gallong:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Adi Gallong of India

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
readActs 4:12

Pray that those walking in darkness among them will come to know the name by which they must be saved, and call upon Him in faith.

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that everyone has access to God's Word and that those who hear the good news will turn from their sins and put their faith in Jesus the Messiah.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
readJohn 14:3

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have hope in trials because they know that Jesus will one day take them to be with Him forever.

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
read2 Corinthians 12:28

Ask God to raise up believers who will faithfully proclaim the good news and equip others to do the same.

Adi, Gallong Across Countries (ROP3 - 111267) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Adi GallongPG041851Adi GallongIndia71,500No Longer UnreachedGaloEthnoreligion

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