People group profile · PG006291
The Sherpa of Nepal
The Sherpa of Nepal, numbering about 203,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Tibetan ethnic group native to the most mountainous regions of Nepal, Tingri County in the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Himalayas.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Tibetan Buddhism, and they primarily speak Sherpa.
Fast facts
- Country
- Nepal
- Population
- 203,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Sherpa (xsr)
- Primary religion
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, Dispersed CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Bagmati province: Sindhupalchok district, Barhabise and Bhotekoshi municipalities; Dolakha district, Ghaurishankar and Jiri municipalities; Kosi province: Okaldunga district, Khijidemba, Likhu, Molung, and Siddhicharan municipalities; Ramechhap district,
Where they live
Gospel status
The Sherpa 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 dispersed church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Dispersed Church Planting
Next steps for the Sherpa
- 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
Tibetan Buddhism · Buddhism
93% adherents
Primary language
Sherpa · Sino-Tibetan family
70% speak Sherpa
Gospel resources in Sherpa
- Bible available, published 2015
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Sherpa)
Bibles
- 2015 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Sherpa
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
Sherpa in other countries
The same people (ROP3 108938) is reported in 2 other countries.
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