People group profile · PG024997
The Sarikoli Tajiks of China
The Sarikoli Tajiks of China, numbering about 20,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnic group primarily associated with the Sarikoli language, a member of the Eastern Iranian branch of the Indo-European family.
They are an indigenous people in the Tajik people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. Their primary religion is Shia Imami Ismaili Islam, and they primarily speak Sarikoli.
Fast facts
- Country
- China
- Population
- 20,500
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Tajik
- Primary language
- Sarikoli (srh)
- Primary religion
- Shia Imami Ismaili Islam
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- mainly in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Where they live
Gospel status
The Sarikoli Tajiks 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 Sarikoli Tajiks
- 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
Shia Imami Ismaili Islam · Islam
99% adherents
Primary language
Sarikoli · Indo-European family
80% speak Sarikoli
Gospel resources in Sarikoli
- 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 Sarikoli Tajiks
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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