People group profile · PG006189
The Chepang of Nepal
The Chepang of Nepal, numbering about 69,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Tibeto-Burman people of central Nepal's Mahabharat range, traditionally semi-nomadic hunters whose name combines che, meaning dog, and pang, meaning arrow, who are reclaiming their original identity after King Birendra renamed them Praja in 1977.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Hinduism, and they primarily speak Chepang.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Population
- 69,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Chepang (cdm)
- Primary religion
- Folk Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Bagmati province: Chitwan district, widespread; Dhading district, Benighat Rorang municipality; Gorkha district: Gandaki and Sahid Lakhan municipalities; Makawanpur district: Bhimphedi, Hetauda, Kailash, Makawanpurgadhi, Manahari, and Raksirang municipal
Where they live
Gospel status
The Chepang are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Chepang
- 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
Folk Hinduism · Hinduism
70% adherents
Primary language
Chepang · Sino-Tibetan family
71% speak Chepang
Gospel resources in Chepang
- Bible available, published 1993
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Chepang
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- 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.
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