People group profile · PG024152
The Zartoshi Zoroastrians of Iran
The Zartoshi Zoroastrians of Iran, numbering about 8,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethno-religious community of Iran.
They are an indigenous people in the Parsee people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. Their primary religion is Zoroastrianism, and they primarily speak Iranian Persian.
Fast facts
- Country
- Iran
- Population
- 8,000
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Parsee
- Primary language
- Iranian Persian (pes)
- Primary religion
- Zoroastrianism
- 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
- Kerman and Yazd provinces: settled communities
Where they live
Gospel status
The Zartoshi Zoroastrians 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 Zartoshi Zoroastrians
- 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
Zoroastrianism · Other
80% adherents
Primary language
Iranian Persian · Indo-European family
100% speak Iranian Persian
Gospel resources in Iranian Persian
- Bible available, published 2020
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Farsi, Western)
- Magdalena (Farsi, Western)
- The Savior (Farsi, Western)
Bibles
- New Millenium Version 2009 · audio
- New Millenium Version 2014 · video, text
- Today's Persian Version · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Zartoshi Zoroastrians
- 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.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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