People group profile · PG041950
The Adi Minyong of India
The Adi Minyong of India, numbering about 50,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of the Adi cluster settled in the upper and lower Siang regions of Arunachal Pradesh, organized into exogamous clans and traditionally engaged in agriculture and hunting. They largely profess the indigenous Donyi-Polo religion.
They are an indigenous people in the Adi people cluster of the Himalayan Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Adi.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 50,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Adi
- Primary language
- Adi (adi)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Arunachal Pradesh: upper and lower Siang region
Where they live
Gospel status
The Adi Minyong 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 Minyong
- 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
Gospel resources in Adi
- Bible available, published 2012
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Adi Minyong
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- 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.
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