People group profile · PG048801
The Lunape of Bhutan
The Lunape of Bhutan, numbering about 850 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a semi-nomadic yak-herding people of Lunana in Bhutan's remote Gasa District, among the highest-elevation communities on Earth, related to but linguistically distinct from the neighboring Layap.
They are an indigenous people in the Bhutanese people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Tibetan Buddhism, and they primarily speak Lunanakha.
Fast facts
- Country
- Bhutan
- Population
- 850
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Bhutanese
- Primary language
- Lunanakha (luk)
- Primary religion
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- No Evangelicals, Churches or Resources
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Gasa district: Lunana, on Pho Chhu river north from Punakha, right fork halfway up the valley
Where they live
Gospel status
The Lunape 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, there are no evangelical Christians or churches among this people group and there is no access to evangelical print, audio, visual or human resources.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Lunape
- 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
Tibetan Buddhism · Buddhism
100% adherents
Primary language
Lunanakha · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Lunanakha
Gospel resources in Lunanakha
- 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 Lunape
- 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.
- 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.
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