The Nar-Phuba of Nepal

The Nar-Phuba of Nepal, numbering approximately 800 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Nepal . They are an Indigenous people, in the South Himalayan people cluster of the Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Buddhism - Tibetan. They primarily speak Nar Phu.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Peoples
Country: Nepal
People Cluster: South Himalayan
Primary Language(s): Nar Phu (npa)
Primary Religion(s): Buddhism - Tibetan
Population: 800
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG048534

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Buddhism - Tibetan
Religious Affiliation: Buddhism

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Buddhism - Tibetan Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Nar Phu
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

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Nar Phu Speakers

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Next steps for the Nar-Phuba

The Nar-Phuba are Unengaged and Unreached, 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.

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Next steps for the Nar-Phuba

The Nar-Phuba 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.

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Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Next steps for the Nar-Phuba

The Nar-Phuba 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.

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Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Nar-Phuba of Nepal

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
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Pray that God will have mercy on those who love the darkness they are walking in and turn from their sin to faith in Christ.

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
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Pray for the truth about Jesus Christ to spread among the lost so that many will accept His ransom for their sin and experience freedom in a relationship with Him.

But Jesus called them to him, saying "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God."
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Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a burden to share the hope of Christ with children.

For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
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Nar Phu reported in the following countries (ROP3):

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