People group profile · PG049092
The Sorgir of India
The Sorgir of India, numbering about 1,100 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a community of Haryana and Punjab, their name recalling the traditional extraction of saline soil called shora for salt-petre-making. Daily-wage and contract labor have replaced this declining craft.
They are an indigenous people in the Pashtun people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism, and they primarily speak Panjabi.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 1,100
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Pashtun
- Primary language
- Panjabi (pan)
- Primary religion
- Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Scatterd in Punjab, Haryana, and Andhra Pradesh
Where they live
Gospel status
The Sorgir are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Sorgir
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
100% adherents
Primary language
Panjabi · Indo-European family
75% speak Panjabi
Gospel resources in Panjabi
- Bible available, published 2021
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Punjabi)
- Magdalena (Punjabi)
- The Savior (Punjabi)
Bibles
- 2000 Bible League International · text
- Indian Revised Version · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Sorgir
- 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.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
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