People group profile · PG041543
The Mangar of India
The Mangar of India, numbering about 169,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community of Sikkim and West Bengal believed to have migrated from the west, traditionally agriculturists. Terrace cultivation remains their main occupation, and many men in Darjeeling district serve in the Indian Army.
They are an indigenous people in the South Himalayan people cluster of the Himalayan Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism, and they primarily speak Magar.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 169,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Himalayan
- Primary language
- Magar (mgp)
- Primary religion
- Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Also known as
- Eastern Magar
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Sikkim; also West Bengal: Darjeeling district
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mangar are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical but there has been initial or concentrated church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Mangar
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Gospel resources in Magar
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Magar, Eastern)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mangar
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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