Population: 14,000,000
Hub: Bangladesh
Religion: Islam
Christians: 0.50%
Hub: Bangladesh
Religion: Islam
Christians: 0.50%
Resources: NT, JF, AR
Engaged: Yes
Workers Needed: 280
Annual Deaths: 14,000
Engaged: Yes
Workers Needed: 280
Annual Deaths: 14,000
Description: The Chattagrami are the primary ethno-linguistic people in Bangladeshi province of Chittagong. Their language is closely related to Bengali, though the two languages are not mutually intelligible. Their region was the gateway of Islam into Bangladesh, being the first to receive Sufi missionaries in the 14th century.
Prayer Points:
• Chittagong is the capital city of the Chattagrami people, and is responsible for 40% of Bangladesh's industrial output and 80% of its international trade. Pray for a church-planting movement among the business class of Chittagong that will fund the advance of the gospel all throughout Bangladesh and beyond.
• In spite of being a wealthy city, Chittagong is also a city of great contrast, hosting over 1,800 slums with 2 million dwellers. Pray for ministries of mercy to be raised up among them by God's people who share the compassion and salvation of Jesus Christ for all men.
• Chattagrami's have hosted hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who were pushed out of Burma by radical Buddhist militias. It has not been easy, especially with the poverty faced by Bengalis themselves. Pray for the few Chattagrami believers that God might use them to bless the Rohingya and help provide for their needs.
A Prayer: Heavenly Father, may the Chattagrami who once were the gateway of Islam become the springboard of gospel advance among their people and nation.
Every year 14,000 Chattagrami die without Christ, many of whom never hear the gospel in their lifetime. Let's do something to change that.
Prayer Points:
• Chittagong is the capital city of the Chattagrami people, and is responsible for 40% of Bangladesh's industrial output and 80% of its international trade. Pray for a church-planting movement among the business class of Chittagong that will fund the advance of the gospel all throughout Bangladesh and beyond.
• In spite of being a wealthy city, Chittagong is also a city of great contrast, hosting over 1,800 slums with 2 million dwellers. Pray for ministries of mercy to be raised up among them by God's people who share the compassion and salvation of Jesus Christ for all men.
• Chattagrami's have hosted hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who were pushed out of Burma by radical Buddhist militias. It has not been easy, especially with the poverty faced by Bengalis themselves. Pray for the few Chattagrami believers that God might use them to bless the Rohingya and help provide for their needs.
A Prayer: Heavenly Father, may the Chattagrami who once were the gateway of Islam become the springboard of gospel advance among their people and nation.
Every year 14,000 Chattagrami die without Christ, many of whom never hear the gospel in their lifetime. Let's do something to change that.