People group profile · PG006265
The Nawa Sherpa of Nepal
The Nawa Sherpa of Nepal, numbering about 1,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Nepal.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Naaba.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Population
- 1,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Naaba (nao)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- Also known as
- Naaba
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Kosi province: Sankhuwasabha district, Bhotkhola municipality, Chumsur, Dangkok, Kimathanka, Pharang, and Pibu (Ridak) villages
Where they live
Gospel status
The Nawa Sherpa 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 Nawa Sherpa
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
50% adherents
Primary language
Naaba · Sino-Tibetan family
70% speak Naaba
Gospel resources in Naaba
- Bible not available
- 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 Nawa Sherpa
- 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.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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