People group profile · PG050498
The Northern Pashtuns of Canada
The Northern Pashtuns of Canada, numbering about 33,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Eastern Iranian ethnolinguistic group indigenous to southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan.
They are a diaspora people in the Pashtun people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Northern Pashto.
Fast facts
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 33,500
- Affinity group
- Central Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Pashtun
- Primary language
- Northern Pashto (pbu)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- 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
- Northern America, Americas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Northern Pashtuns 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 Northern Pashtuns
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
99% adherents
Primary language
Northern Pashto · Indo-European family
75% speak Northern Pashto
Gospel resources in Northern Pashto
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Pashto, Yusufzai)
- JESUS (Pashto, Eastern Afghan)
- Magdalena (Pashto, Eastern Afghan)
- Magdalena (Pashto, Yusufzai)
- The Savior (Pashto, Eastern Afghan)
Bibles
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Northern Pashtuns
- 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.
Northern Pashtuns in other countries
The same people is also reported in 5 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Pashtuns | Pakistan | 19,220,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Eastern Pashtuns | Afghanistan | 2,810,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Northern Pashtuns | United Arab Emirates | 662,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Northern Pashtuns | United States | 25,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Northern Pashtuns | Turkiye | 6,700 | Engaged yet Unreached |
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