People group profile · PG024145
The Bashkardi of Iran
The Bashkardi of Iran, numbering about 7,900 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Iran.
They are an indigenous people in the Baloch people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Bashkardi.
Fast facts
- Country
- Iran
- Population
- 7,900
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Baloch
- Primary language
- Bashkardi (bsg)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Hormozgan province: east; Kerman province: south; Sistan and Baluchestan province: southwest
Where they live
Gospel status
The Bashkardi 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, there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Bashkardi
- 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
Bashkardi · Indo-European family
75% speak Bashkardi
Gospel resources in Bashkardi
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Bashkardi
- 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.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
Know something we don't? Submit updates to IMB Global Research.