People group profile · PG042149
The Parenga of India
The Parenga of India, numbering about 19,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Koraput district in Odisha also called Pareng Paroja, organized into clans such as Macha and Khila and following tribal religion. Settled cultivation and daily-wage labor remain their main occupations.
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 Adivasi Oriya.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 19,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Adivasi Oriya (ort)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Odisha: Mayurbhanj district
Where they live
Gospel status
The Parenga 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, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Parenga
- 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
100% adherents
Primary language
Adivasi Oriya · Indo-European family
100% speak Adivasi Oriya
Gospel resources in Adivasi Oriya
- Bible available, published 2011
- 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 Parenga
- 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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