People group profile · PG041891
The Juang of India
The Juang of India, numbering about 61,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Keonjhar and Dhenkanal districts in Odisha speaking the Kolarian Juang language. They traditionally depend on shifting cultivation and forest produce, governed by a secular village council.
They are an indigenous people in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Juang.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 61,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Juang (jun)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC ?
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Odisha: Kendujhar and Dhenkanal districts
Where they live
Gospel status
The Juang are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Juang
- 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
97% adherents
Primary language
Juang · Austroasiatic family
100% speak Juang
Gospel resources in Juang
- Bible available, published 2016
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Juang)
Bibles
- 2016 WIN Publication Trust · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Juang
- 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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