People group profile · PG042389
The Doya of Bhutan
The Doya of Bhutan, numbering about 2,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Tibeto-Burman ethnolinguistic community of Bhutan.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Lhokpu.
Fast facts
- Country
- Bhutan
- Population
- 2,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Lhokpu (lhp)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Samtse district: Dramte, Loto Kucu, Lotok, Sanglung, Sataka, and Tâba villages between Samtsi and Phüntsho’ling
Where they live
Gospel status
The Doya 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 Doya
- 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
Primary language
Lhokpu · Sino-Tibetan family
75% speak Lhokpu
Gospel resources in Lhokpu
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Doya
- 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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