People group profile · PG007357
The Puroik of China
The Puroik of China, numbering about 450 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a people of the Tibet-Arunachal borderlands renamed Puroik after rejecting the Bangni term Sulung, meaning slaves, reflecting centuries as bondsmen of the Nishi tribe through ransom intermediaries, China's small population classified as ethnic Lhoba.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Chinese Folk Religion, and they primarily speak Puroik.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 450
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Puroik (suv)
- Primary religion
- Chinese Folk Religion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Puroik are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. 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 Puroik
- Pray that God would send workers to this people group
- Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
- Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice
Primary religion
Chinese Folk Religion · Ethnoreligion
99% adherents
Primary language
Puroik · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Puroik
Gospel resources in Puroik
- Bible 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 Puroik
- 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.
Puroik in other countries
The same people is also reported in 1 other country.
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