People group profile · PG048795
The Brokpa of Bhutan
The Brokpa of Bhutan, numbering about 7,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a semi-nomadic yak-herding people of Merak and Sakteng in eastern Bhutan's Trashigang district, whose oral traditions trace their ancestry to Tibet's Tshona area and who are set apart from neighboring Sharchop by a distinct Tibetic language and dress.
They are an indigenous people in the Bhutanese people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Buddhism, and they primarily speak Brokpake.
Fast facts
- Country
- Bhutan
- Population
- 7,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Bhutanese
- Primary language
- Brokpake (sgt)
- Primary religion
- Folk Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Trashigang district: Merak and Sakteng villages in east Sakteng valley
Where they live
Gospel status
The Brokpa are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. 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 Brokpa
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Folk Buddhism · Buddhism
100% adherents
Primary language
Brokpake · Sino-Tibetan family
75% speak Brokpake
Gospel resources in Brokpake
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not 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 Brokpa
- 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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