People group profile · PG006253
The Lumba-Yakkha of Nepal
The Lumba-Yakkha of Nepal, numbering about 1,700 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Kirati people of the lower Arun valley in eastern Nepal, ethnically distinct from though linguistically related to the neighboring Limbu, subsisting as farmers in the Dhankuta district hills.
They are an indigenous people in the South Himalayan people cluster of the Himalayan Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Buddhism, and they primarily speak Lumba-Yakkha.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Population
- 1,700
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Himalayan
- Primary language
- Lumba-Yakkha (luu)
- Primary religion
- Folk Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Kosi province: Dhankuta district, Mahalaxmi municipality, Chattahara village
Where they live
Gospel status
The Lumba-Yakkha 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, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Lumba-Yakkha
- 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
Folk Buddhism · Buddhism
55% adherents
Primary language
Lumba-Yakkha · Bookkeeping family
71% speak Lumba-Yakkha
Gospel resources in Lumba-Yakkha
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Lumba-Yakkha
- 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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