People group profile · PG006232
The Kham-Magar of Nepal
The Kham-Magar of Nepal, numbering about 67,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Northern Magar people of mid-western Nepal's Rolpa and Rukum districts, part of the historic Magarat region once home to the eighteen-kingdom Athara Magarat confederation, whose homeland later became known as the heartland of Nepal's Maoist insurgency.
They are an indigenous people in the South Himalayan people cluster of the Himalayan Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Western Parbate Kham.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Population
- 67,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Himalayan
- Primary language
- Western Parbate Kham (kjl)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Pioneer Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Lumbini province: East Rukum district, Putha Uttarganga municipality, Maikot and Takasera; Bhume municipality, Lukum and Mahat; Rolpa district, Thawang municipality, Thabang
Where they live
Gospel status
The Kham-Magar are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical but there has been initial or concentrated church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Kham-Magar
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
70% adherents
Primary language
Western Parbate Kham · Sino-Tibetan family
35% speak Western Parbate Kham
Gospel resources in Western Parbate Kham
- Bible available, published 2018
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Kham-Magar
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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