People group profile · PG049703
The Turun of India
The Turun of India, numbering about 2,400 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Tai-speaking Buddhist community of Jorhat district, Assam, also called Shyam, who migrated from upper Burma around 1825. Agriculture remains their mainstay, supplemented by government or private employment.
They are an indigenous people in the South Asian Buddhist people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Theravada Buddhism, and they primarily speak Assamese.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 2,400
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Buddhist
- Primary language
- Assamese (asm)
- Primary religion
- Theravada 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
- Arunachal Pradesh: Changlang and Lohit districts; Assam: Dibrugarh and Sibsagar districts; Tinsukia district, Margherita sub-district
Where they live
Gospel status
The Turun 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 Turun
- 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
Theravada Buddhism · Buddhism
Primary language
Assamese · Indo-European family
100% speak Assamese
Gospel resources in Assamese
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Turun
- 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.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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