People group profile · PG023135
The Parsee of the United Kingdom
The Parsee of the United Kingdom, numbering about 4,100 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indo-Iranian ethnoreligious community of the Indian subcontinent that adheres to Zoroastrianism.
They are a diaspora people in the Parsee people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. Their primary religion is Zoroastrianism, and they primarily speak Gujarati.
Fast facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4,100
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Parsee
- Primary language
- Gujarati (guj)
- Primary religion
- Zoroastrianism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Northern Europe, Europe
Where they live
Gospel status
The Parsee 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 Parsee
- 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
Zoroastrianism · Other
Primary language
Gujarati · Indo-European family
100% speak Gujarati
Gospel resources in Gujarati
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 1997 Bible League International · text
- Gujarati New India Bible · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Parsee
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
Parsee in other countries
The same people (ROP3 107901) is reported in 2 other countries.
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