Who are Frontier People Groups?: Recent Episodes
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This podcast is an audio supplement to a children's prayer guide by Indigitous which aims to inform prayer for 31 of the largest Frontier People Groups. Hard copies of the booklet can be found at: https://crustore.org/product/who-are-frontier-people-groups/ or download at https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdfThere will be a total of 31 episodes, with new episodes released on Tuesday's and Thursday's.
Find the Uzbek on page 34 in the booklet and check out their Prayercast profile for more information.
Quick Facts:
- Location: Uzbekistan
- Language: Uzbek
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 35,857,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray that new Uzbek Christians would understand God’s Word quickly and commit themselves to a local fellowship where they will find strength.
- Pray for God to raise up strong local churches in all these countries among the Uzbeks.
- Ask the Lord to send additional long-term laborers to live among the Uzbeks and share the love of Christ with them.
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
— 2 PETER 3:9
Find the Hui on page 9 in the booklet and for more information, check out their Prayercast profile.
Quick Facts
- Location: China
- Language: Mandarin
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 13,917,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray that the Hui people will have a hunger for spiritual truth that will lead them to seek and find Christ with their Christian neighbors.
- Pray for the Chinese believers to do whatever it takes to introduce Jesus Christ to the Muslim Hui people.
- Pray for a disciple-making movement to flourish among the Hui people.
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
— PSALM 145:18
Found on page 8 in the booklet, more information on the Sheikh can be found on their
Prayercast profile.
Quick Facts
- Location: Bangladesh/South Asia
- Language: Bengali
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 125,776,000
Prayer Items:
- Ask the Lord to open the harts of the Shaikhs so they will receive the good news of Jesus Christ.
- Pray for a disciple-making movement that will bless the Shaikhs within this decade.
- Pray for the Lord to send faithful workers to the Shaikhs to tell them about Jesus.
That all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.
— 1 KINGS 8:60
The Algerian Tuareg are on page 7 in the booklet and more information can be found on their Prayercast profile.
Quick Facts
- Location: Algeria
- Language: Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 137,000
Prayer Items
- Algeria is not very welcoming to Christian workers. Pray for missionaries to be creative in sharing the gospel with the Tuareg and Algerian people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to soften the hearts of Muslim tribes. Pray that they will receive the gospel.
- Pray for the few Tuareg believers to reflect Christ and the gospel in their communities.
Through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations. —ROMANS 1:5
Find the Afghan Tajik on page 6 in the booklet and for more information, view their Prayercast profile.
Quick Facts
- Location: Afghanistan
- Language: Dari Persian
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 10,831,000
Prayer Items
- Ask God to restore political peace and stability to Afghanistan.
- Ask God to call Christian workers trained in the Dari language to take the gospel to the Tajiks and plant strong local churches.
- Pray that relief funds will be available for those living in famine-stricken areas.
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
— MATTHEW 25:35
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/russia.html
Page 38 in the booklet: https://www.prayercast.com/russia.html
Quick Facts:
- Location: Russia
- Language: Chechen
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 1,454,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray for the endurance and protection of the few known Chechen believers.
- Pray for political stability in the area where the Chechens and Ingush live.
- Ask the Lord to tear down barriers to the gospel so that Christian workers who live and work among the Chechens will see fruit.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/yemen.html
Page 37 in the booklet: https://ndgt.us/frontier-peoples
Quick Facts:
- Location: Yemen
- Language: Arabic, Sanaani Spoken
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 12,111,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray for a written Bible translation in Sanaani Arabic. There are a few audio resources, but the Saudi government severely restricts the Internet.
- Pray for a move of the Holy Spirit that will give Northern Yemenis a willingness to embrace Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior so that they depend on Him alone for salvation.
- Pray for a disciple-making movement among Northern Yemenis in Saudi Arabia that will spread to their homeland in Yemen.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/uzbekistan.html
Page 36 in the booklet: https://ndgt.us/frontier-peoples
Quick Facts:
- Location: Uzbekistan
- Language: Uzbek
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 35,857,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray that new Uzbek Christians would understand God’s Word quickly and commit themselves to a local fellowship where they will find strength.
- Pray for God to raise up strong local churches in all these countries among the Uzbeks.
- Ask the Lord to send additional long-term laborers to live among the Uzbeks and share the love of Christ with them.
View Prayercast profile:https://www.prayercast.com/turkey.html
Page 33 in the booklet: https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts:
- Location: Turkey
- Language: Turkish
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 56,199,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray that churches and mission organizations will accept the challenge of reaching the Turks.
- Ask God to give Turkish believers and key leaders among the Turks boldness to share the gospel with their own people.
- Pray that Turkey will avoid both ethnic strife (especially with the Kurds) and resurgent Muslim fundamentalism.
View prayer cast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/senegal.html
Page 32 in the booklet: https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts
- Location: Senegal
- Language: Wolof
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 6,331,500
Prayer Items:
- Pray for the small number of Wolof believers to have the courage to share the love of Christ with their own people and be strong through persecution.
- Ask the Lord to give the Wolof believers opportunities to share the love of Christ with their own people.
- Ask the Lord to raise up strong local churches among the Wolof.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/pakistan.html
Page 31 in the booklet: http://shorturl.at/ckAFU
Quick Facts:
- Location: Pakistan
- Language: Pashto, Northern
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 26,061,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray for Pashtuns to find true hope and salvation through Jesus Christ.
- Pray for believers to persevere in persecution so that their lives can be a witness for God.
- Pray for the Bible translations that are in progress.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/pakistan.html
Page 30 in the booklet: http://shorturl.at/ckAFU
Quick Facts:
- Location: Pakistan
- Language: Punjabi, Western
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 9,830,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray that the Almighty God will lead faithful workers to take the message of salvation to the Arain people in Pakistan.
- Pray that the Arain people in Pakistan will soon be discipled in the ways of Jesus.
- Pray for a spiritual dissatisfaction with Islam and a willingness to investigate the claims of Jesus Christ.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/nigeria.html
Page 29 in the booklet: http://shorturl.at/aikTV
Quick Facts:
- Location: Nigeria
- Language: Fulfulde
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 30,453,000
Prayer Points:
- Pray that the few Fulani believers would be sent teachers to help them become well established in their faith.
- Pray for the believers would find each other in order to fellowship together, and that they would learn to live in the power of Christ's Spirit, experiencing His fruit consistently.
- Pray the Fulani will be able to care adequately for thir families and that they will be better prepared for the rapidly changing conditions of the 21st century.
View Prayercast profile: http://shorturl.at/aNPT8
Page 28 in the booklet: http://shorturl.at/ANU36
Quick Facts:
- Location: Myanmar (Burma)
- Language: Rakhine, Burmese
- Religion: Buddhism
- Population: 2,718,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray that the Rakhine people will be able to adequately use the Burmese Bible for written literature.
- Pray that evangelistic materials in the Rakhine language will be produced.
- Pray for a spiritual hunger in the Rakhine community that will lead them to Christ.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/morocco.html
Page 27 in the booklet: https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts:
- Location: Morocco
- Language: Arabic, Moroccan spoken
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 24,221,000
Prayer Items:
- Ask the Holy Spirit to soften the hearts of Moroccan Arabs so that they will be receptive to the Gospel.
- Pray that God will call forth teams of intercessors who will faithfully stand in the gap for Moroccan Arabs.
- Ask God to give Moroccan Arab believers boldness to share the love of Christ with their friends and families.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/malaysia.html
Page 26 in the booklet:https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts:
- Location: Malaysia
- Language: English, Malay
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 13,192,000
Prayer Items:
- Ask the Lord of the harvest to send laborers to work among each Malay group.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to grant wisdom and favor to mission agencies focusing on the Malay.
- Pray that God will give the small number of Malay believers boldness to share Christ with their own people.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/india.html
Page 25 in the booklet: https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts:
- Location: India
- Language: Hindi
- Religion: Hinduism
- Population: 58,642,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray for missionaries to pioneer new ministries among the Yadav people.
- Pray for literacy and community development work.
- Pray for the practice of child labor to hand and for education to be made available to all children, especially girls.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/india.html
Page 24 in the booklet: https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts:
- Location: India
- Language: Hindi
- Religion: Hinduism
- Population: 18,839,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray that the Holy Spirit would lead Teli community leaders to open the doors for their people to follow Jesus.
- Pray that believers will reach out to this people groups with the blessings of Christ.
- Pray for the Lord to raise up Teli believers who will disciple others and begin the process of starting a disciple-making movement among this people group.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/india.html
Page 23 in the booklet: https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts:
- Location: India
- Language: Hindi
- Religion: Hinduism
- Population: 45,611,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray for the Rajput community to increase their awareness of Jesus and need for Him.
- Pray that the Lord will give Rajputs a spiritual hunger and that only He can fill.
- Pray that Rajputs will understand the value of becoming a part of God's royal family.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/india.html
Page 22 in the booklet: https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts:
- Location: India
- Language: Hindi
- Religion: Hinduism
- Population: 11,933,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray for Indian believers to build friendships with the Nai and tell them about the Savior.
- Pray for a disciple-making movement that will bless the Nai people this decade.
- Many Nai do not know how to read, so pray for access to Biblical audio materials.
View Prayercast profile:
Page 21 in the booklet: https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts
- Location: India
- Language: Marathi
- Religion: Hinduism
- Population: 13,159,000
Prayer Items
- Pray that the Mahratta people can find hope and receive the free gift of the gospel.
- Pray for God to turn the Mahratta people away from worshiping false idols.
- Mahrattas are part of the upper rural class and they often look down on other casts. Pray that Mahrattas can experience God's love and grace.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/india.html
Page 20 in the booklet: https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts
- Location: India
- Language: Gujarati
- Religion: Hinduism
- Population: 18,499,000
Prayer Items
- Pray for salvation of the Kunbi people and that God may meet their spiritual and physical needs.
- Pray for the Kunbi Christians to reach out to their own people.
- Pray that their men and women may give up smoking.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/india.html
Page 19 in the booklet: https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts
- Location: India
- Language: Hindi
- Religion: Hinduism
- Population: 15,375,000
Prayer Items
- Pray for a spiritual hunger in the Kumhar community that will lead them to Christ.
- Pray for a disciple-making movement that will bless the Kumhar this decade.
- Pray for the Lord to send out teams of workers to help the Kumhar people with their spiritual and physical needs.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/india.html
Page 18 in the booklet: https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts
- Location: India
- Language: Telugu
- Religion: Hinduism
- Population: 15,424,000
Prayer items:
- Ask the Lord to send Indian believers to the Kapu to tell them about Jesus Christ
- Pray that the spiritual and physical needs of the Kapu are met by Jesus Christ
- Pray that God will open the minds and hearts of the Kapu to the truth of the Bible and reveal Himself as the one true God.
View Prayercast profile: https://prayercast.com/jat.html
Page 17 in the "Who Are Frontier People Groups?" booklet: https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts
- Location: India
- Language: Punjabi, Western
- Religion: Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam
- Population: 29,863,000
Prayer Items
- Pray that Christian doctors, nurses, and humanitarian aid workers will have opportunities to share the love of Jesus.
- Ask the Lord to bring forth growing churches among the Jats for the glory of His name.
- Pray that churches and mission organizations will accept the challenge of adopting and reaching the Jats.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/india.html
Page 16 in the "Who Are Frontier People Groups?" booklet: https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts
- Location: India
- Language: Hindi
- Religion: Hinduism
- Population: 11,993,000
Prayer Items
- Pray for the Dhobi people to gain access to better education and new skills in the modern world.
- Pray that the Dhobi people will hear the gospel and understand that only Jesus Christ can wash away their sins.
- Pray that the Holy Spirit will give the Dhobi people spiritual hunger that they will not be satisfied until they taste and see that the Lord is good.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/india.html
Page 15 in the booklet: https://idserve.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Indigitous-FPG-Booklet-PDF.pdf
Quick Facts:
- Location: India
- Language: Hindi
- Religion: Hinduism
- Population: 59,134,000
Prayer Items:
- Brahmins are seen as knowledgeable and enlightened; pray for the light of the gospel to bring the knowledge of Christ to them in India.
- Pray for wisdom for disciples of Jesus who befriend and share their faith with Brahmins.
- Pray that the true God will reveal Himself to this community and use brahmins to preach and teach about Jesus Christ.
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/india.html
Page 14 in the booklet: https://crustore.org/product/who-are-frontier-people-groups/
Quick Facts:
- Location: India
- Language: Hindi
- Religion: Hinduism
- Population: 29,240,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray for the salvation of these people and that God may send several Christian workers among them and meet their spiritual and physical needs.
- Pray for developmental and literacy programs.
- Pray for a spiritual hunger in the Baniyan and Vanian community that will lead them to Christ.
Page 13 in the booklet: https://crustore.org/product/who-are-frontier-people-groups/
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/india.html
Quick Facts:
- Location: India
- Language: Urdu
- Religion: Islam (Sunni)
- Population: 10,700,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray that God would send Indian followers of Jesus to their Ansari neighbors to share with them the good news.
- Pray for a disciple-making movement among them this decade.
- Pray for good schools so that Ansari children can get an education that helps to lift them out of poverty.
Page 12 in the booklet. https://crustore.org/product/who-are-frontier-people-groups/
View prayercast profile: https://prayercast.com/uyghur.html
Quick Facts
- Location: China
- Language: Uyghur
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 11,921,000
Prayer Items
- Pray that Han Chinese believers can lead the way and show the compassion of Christ to the Uyghurs.
- Today, over one million Uyghurs are being detained and placed in internment camps. Pray for protection over the Uyghur men, women, and children in these camps.
- Pray for Uyghurs to find Jesus in their pain and that God would use this very suffering to lead them to the kingdom.
Page 11 in the booklet. https://crustore.org/product/who-are-frontier-people-groups/
View prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/mongolia.html
Quick Facts
- Location: China
- Language: Mongolian, Peripheral
- Religion: Buddhism; forces of nature
- Population: 5,655,000
Prayer Items
- There are an unconfirmed number of Christian Mongols. Pray for these believers to share the gospel with non-believers, to stand firm in their Fatih, and trust in God.
- Pray for God to help the Mongolians through harsh winters. Pray that Mongolians can experience spiritual warmth from God's love and grace.
- Many Mongols worship forces of nature (such as the moon, stars, sun, and rivers). Pray that God can reveal himself to the Mongols as the one true God.
Page 10 in the booklet. https://crustore.org/product/who-are-frontier-people-groups/
View prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/kazakhstan.html
Quick Facts
- Location: China
- Language: Kazakh
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 1,887,000
Prayer Items
- Ask the Lord to send long-term laborers to live among Kazakhs and share the love of Christ with them.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to open the hearts of the Kazakhs towards Christians so that they will be receptive to the gospel.
- Ask the Lord to raise up strong local churches among Kazakhs.
Page 9 in the booklet. https://crustore.org/product/who-are-frontier-people-groups/
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/hui.html
Quick Facts
- Location: China
- Language: Mandarin
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 13,917,000
Prayer Items:
- Pray that the Hui people will have a hunger for spiritual truth that will leda them to seek and find Christ with their Christian neighbors.
- Pray for the Chinese believers to do whatever it takes to introduce Jesus Christ to the Muslim Hui people.
- Pray for a disciple-making movement to flourish among the Hui people.
Page 8 in the booklet. https://crustore.org/product/who-are-frontier-people-groups/
View Prayercast profile: https://prayercast.com/shaikh.html
Quick Facts
- Location: Bangladesh/South Asia
- Language: Bengali
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 125,776,000
Prayer Items:
- Ask the Lord to open the harts of the Shaikhs so they will receive the good news of Jesus Christ.
- Pray for a disciple-making movement that will bless the Shaikhs within this decade.
- Pray for the Lord to send faithful workers to the Shaikhs to tell them about Jesus.
Page 7 in the booklet. https://crustore.org/product/who-are-frontier-people-groups/
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/algerian-arab.html
Quick Facts
- Location: Algeria
- Language: Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 137,000
Prayer Items
- Algeria is not very welcoming to Christian workers. Pray for missionaries to be creative in sharing the gospel with the Tuareg and Algerian people.
- Ask the Holy Spirit to soften the hearts of Muslim tribes. Pray that they will receive the gospel.
- Pray for the few Tuareg believers to reflect Christ and the gospel in their communities.
Page 6 in the booklet. https://crustore.org/product/who-are-frontier-people-groups/
View Prayercast profile: https://www.prayercast.com/afghanistan.html
Quick Facts
- Location: Afghanistan
- Language: Dari Persian
- Religion: Islam
- Population: 10,831,000
Prayer Items
- Ask God to restore political peace and stability to Afghanistan.
- Ask God to call Christian workers trained in the Dari language to take the gospel to the Tajiks and plant strong local churches.
- Pray that relief funds will be available for those living in famine-stricken areas.