People group profile · PG023958
The Afghan Jogi of Afghanistan
The Afghan Jogi of Afghanistan, numbering about 22,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a semi-nomadic community with historic roots in Central and South Asia. The Jogi are a stateless minority group reported as refugees in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
They are a diaspora people in the Jogi people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Dari.
Fast facts
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Population
- 22,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Jogi
- Primary language
- Dari (prs)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- 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
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Mazar-i-Sharif area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Afghan Jogi 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 Afghan Jogi
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
100% adherents
Primary language
Dari · Indo-European family
100% speak Dari
Gospel resources in Dari
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- Good News for a New Age · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Afghan Jogi
- 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.
- 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.
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