People group profile · PG049668
The Sinpho of India
The Sinpho of India, numbering about 15,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh, and Tinsukia district, Assam, of Mongoloid origin who migrated from Upper Burma around 1793. Settled and wet-rice cultivation remain their principal occupation.
They are an indigenous people in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Theravada Buddhism, and they primarily speak Singpho.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 15,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Singpho (sgp)
- Primary religion
- Theravada Buddhism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet 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
- Arunachal Pradesh: Changlang and Lohit districts; Assam: Dibrugarh and Sibsagar districts; Tinsukia district, Margherita sub-district
Where they live
Gospel status
The Sinpho 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Sinpho
- 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
Theravada Buddhism · Buddhism
92% adherents
Primary language
Singpho · Sino-Tibetan family
74% speak Singpho
Gospel resources in Singpho
- Bible available, published -
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings 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 Sinpho
- 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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