People group profile · PG006349
The Goans of Pakistan
The Goans of Pakistan, numbering about 81,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Indo-Portuguese, and Austro-Asiatic ethnic groups who trace their ancestry to the Indian state of Goa during the time when Goa was an overseas province of Portugal.
They are a diaspora people in the Marathi-Konkani people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism, and they primarily speak Goan Konkani.
Fast facts
- Country
- Pakistan
- Population
- 81,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Marathi-Konkani
- Primary language
- Goan Konkani (gom)
- Primary religion
- Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Goans are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Goans
- 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
50% adherents
Primary language
Goan Konkani · Indo-European family
100% speak Goan Konkani
Gospel resources in Goan Konkani
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Goans
- 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.
Goan in other countries
The same people (ROP3 104844) is reported in 6 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goans | India | 669,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Goans | United Arab Emirates | 74,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Goans | Mozambique | 18,500 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Goans | United Kingdom | 12,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Goans | United States | 7,600 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Goans | Canada | 5,300 | No Longer Unreached |
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