People group profile · PG049370
The Campa of India
The Campa of India, numbering about 7,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a scheduled tribe of Buddhist herders inhabiting the high-altitude cold deserts between Ladakh and Tibet, traditionally living by raising yaks and goats. Their name may derive from chang, their traditional drink.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Tibetan Buddhism, and they primarily speak Ladakhi.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 7,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Ladakhi (lbj)
- Primary religion
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Unengaged and 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
- Ladakh
Where they live
Gospel status
The Campa 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, 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 Campa
- 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
99% adherents
Primary language
Ladakhi · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Ladakhi
Gospel resources in Ladakhi
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Ladakhi)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Campa
- 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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