People group profile · PG001231
The Lepcha of Bhutan
The Lepcha of Bhutan, numbering about 2,800 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Bhutan.
They are a diaspora people in the Other Tibeto-Burmese people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Lepcha.
Fast facts
- Country
- Bhutan
- Population
- 2,800
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Other Tibeto-Burmese
- Primary language
- Lepcha (lep)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 15% or Greater but Less than 20%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Lepcha are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Lepcha
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Primary language
Lepcha · Sino-Tibetan family
75% speak Lepcha
Gospel resources in Lepcha
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Lepcha)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Lepcha
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
Lepcha in other countries
The same people (ROP3 105723) is reported in 2 other countries.
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