People group profile · PG015474
The Tamil of Reunion
The Tamil of Reunion, numbering about 188,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a diaspora community of Tamil Hindus in Reunion.
They are a diaspora people in the Tamil people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism, and they primarily speak Réunion Creole French.
Fast facts
- Country
- Reunion
- Population
- 188,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Tamil
- Primary language
- Réunion Creole French (rcf)
- Primary religion
- Hinduism
- 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
- Eastern Africa, Africa
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tamil 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Tamil
- 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
99% adherents
Primary language
Réunion Creole French · Indo-European family
75% speak Réunion Creole French
Gospel resources in Réunion Creole French
- Bible available, published 2017
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Reunion Creole French)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tamil
- 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.
Tamil Hindu in other countries
The same people (ROP3 113732) is reported in 13 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lankan Tamil | Sri Lanka | 2,630,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Tamil | Malaysia | 2,615,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Tamil | United States | 339,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tamil | Myanmar | 297,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tamil | Singapore | 244,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tamil | Canada | 163,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Tamil | France | 126,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Sri Lankan Tamil | United Kingdom | 74,500 | No Longer Unreached |
| Tamil | Germany | 67,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tamil Hindu | Thailand | 35,000 | No Longer Unreached |
| Tamil | Netherlands | 7,900 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Tamil | Cambodia | 1,800 | No Longer Unreached |
| Tamil | Seychelles | 400 | Engaged yet Unreached |
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