People group profile · PG048898
The Onge of India
The Onge of India, numbering about 150 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Negrito Scheduled Tribe of Little Andaman Island organized into patrilineal descent groups, traditionally hunter-gatherers of the forest and sea. Wage labor on plantations now supplements hunting, fishing, and gathering.
They are an indigenous people in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Önge.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 150
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Önge (oon)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- 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
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Little Andaman island, Dugong Creek and South Bay
Where they live
Gospel status
The Onge 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 Onge
- 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
Animism · Ethnoreligion
90% adherents
Primary language
Önge · Jarawa-Onge family
100% speak Önge
Gospel resources in Önge
- 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 Onge
- 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.
- 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.
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