People group profile · PG048907
The Punjabis of France
The Punjabis of France, numbering about 5,100 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Punjab region of eastern Pakistan and northwestern India.
They are a diaspora people in the Punjabi people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism, and they primarily speak Western Panjabi.
Fast facts
- Country
- France
- Population
- 5,100
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Punjabi
- Primary language
- Western Panjabi (pnb)
- Primary religion
- Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Western Europe, Europe
Where they live
Gospel status
The Punjabis 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 but there has been initial or concentrated church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years Concentrated Church Planting
Next steps for the Punjabis
- 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
75% adherents
Primary language
Western Panjabi · Indo-European family
100% speak Western Panjabi
Gospel resources in Western Panjabi
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Panjabi, Western)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Punjabis
- 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.
Punjabi, Western in other countries
The same people (ROP3 110802) is reported in 4 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Punjabis | Pakistan | 97,410,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Western Punjabis | United Kingdom | 272,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Western Punjabis | Libya | 73,500 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Punjabis | Belgium | 24,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
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