People group profile · PG023987
The Parachi of Afghanistan
The Parachi of Afghanistan, numbering about 12,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an eastern Iranian people living in isolated valleys of eastern Afghanistan. They speak Parachi, an endangered Iranian language, and are predominantly Sunni Muslims with a distinct linguistic heritage.
They are an indigenous people in the Persian people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Parachi.
Fast facts
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Population
- 12,000
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Persian
- Primary language
- Parachi (prc)
- 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
- Kapisa province: Kabul area, Nijrau and Tagau villages; Hindu Kush valley (Pachaghan, Shutul, and Ghujulan)
Where they live
Gospel status
The Parachi 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 Parachi
- 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
Parachi · Indo-European family
55% speak Parachi
Gospel resources in Parachi
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Parachi
- 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.
- 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.
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