People group profile · PG041851
The Adi Gallong of India
The Adi Gallong of India, numbering about 71,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a clan-based tribal group of the Adi in Arunachal Pradesh, settled along the Siyom and Siang river regions, who live mainly by agriculture and follow the Donyi-Polo faith. They trace their descent to the ancestor Abo Tani.
They are an indigenous people in the Adi people cluster of the Himalayan Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Galo.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 71,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Adi
- Primary language
- Galo (adl)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 20% or Greater but Less than 30%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Arunachal Pradesh: East Siang, West Siang, and Upper Subansiri districts
Where they live
Gospel status
The Adi Gallong are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Adi Gallong
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Primary language
Galo · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Galo
Gospel resources in Galo
- Bible available, published 2008
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories available
Films
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Adi Gallong
- 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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