People group profile · PG006338
The Burusho of Pakistan
The Burusho of Pakistan, numbering about 152,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Pakistan, North Gilgit District areas, Hunza-Nagar and Yasin areas; scattered in Gilgit, Kashmir, and various cities.
They are an indigenous people in the Kashmiri people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Shia Imami Ismaili Islam, and they primarily speak Burushaski.
Fast facts
- Country
- Pakistan
- Population
- 152,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Kashmiri
- Primary language
- Burushaski (bsk)
- Primary religion
- Shia Imami Ismaili Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Gilgit Baltistan province: north Gilgit district areas, Hunza-Nagar and Yasin areas; scattered in Gilgit, Kashmir, and various cities
Where they live
Gospel status
The Burusho 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 Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Burusho
- 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
Shia Imami Ismaili Islam · Islam
99% adherents
Primary language
100% speak Burushaski
Gospel resources in Burushaski
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Burushaski)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Burusho
- 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.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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