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The Punjabis of Belgium

The Punjabis of Belgium, numbering approximately 24,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Punjab region of eastern Pakistan and northwestern India. 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: Belgium
People Cluster: Punjabi
Primary Language(s): Western Panjabi (pnb)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 24,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042494
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Western Panjabi
Language Family: Indo-European

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Punjabi, Western Speakers

Media Resources in Western Panjabi:

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Bible Resources in Western Panjabi:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
readMatthew 11:28

Pray for those who are tired, weary, and burdened by the weight of sin to encounter Jesus and experience the rest that only He can give.

All the earth worships you and sings praises to you; they sing praises to your name.
readPsalm 66:4

Pray that the good news of Jesus will advance here and that many will bow down and sing praises to His name.

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
readActs 17:23

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a deep desire to know God more fully and to make Him known in creative ways to others who are still searching for truth.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

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

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
PunjabisPG042494PunjabisBelgium24,000Unengaged and UnreachedWestern PanjabiSunni Islam
PunjabisPG048907PunjabisFrance5,100Engaged yet UnreachedWestern PanjabiHinduism
Western PunjabisPG006420Western PunjabisPakistan97,560,000Engaged yet UnreachedWestern PanjabiSunni Islam
Western PunjabisPG011845Western PunjabisLibya73,500Unengaged and UnreachedWestern PanjabiSunni Islam
Western PunjabisPG023134Western PunjabisUnited Kingdom272,000Engaged yet UnreachedWestern PanjabiSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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