People group profile · PG049389
The Khampa of India
The Khampa of India, numbering about 2,800 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Himachal Pradesh descended from Tibetan migrants who arrived roughly a century ago, named for Kham, a region of Tibet. Once sheep-herders, they are now itinerant traders and shopkeepers, following Tibetan Buddhism.
They are a diaspora people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Tibetan Buddhism, and they primarily speak Khams Tibetan.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 2,800
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Khams Tibetan (khg)
- Primary religion
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Khampa 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, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Khampa
- 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
Tibetan Buddhism · Buddhism
65% adherents
Primary language
Khams Tibetan · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Khams Tibetan
Gospel resources in Khams Tibetan
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Khampa, Eastern)
Bibles
- New Tibetan Version (Modern Literary) · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Khampa
- 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.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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