Where the church stands in Pakistan
Pakistan's Christian community numbers several million — small as a percentage, large in absolute terms. Many are descended from Punjabi families who came to Christ generations ago and remain concentrated in the lowest-paid work, particularly sanitation.
Blasphemy accusations carry the death penalty and are regularly used to settle personal scores against Christians and other minorities. Church bombings and mob attacks recur. The community's endurance under this is one of the quieter testimonies in the global church.
Signs of hope
A multi-generational Pakistani church that has held its faith through poverty and repeated violence.
The honest difficulty
Blasphemy laws, mob violence, forced conversions of Christian girls, and entrenched economic marginalisation.
What "Unreached" means
There is no indigenous community of believing Christians large enough to evangelise the rest of the nation without outside help. Commonly measured as under 2% evangelical.
In Pakistan the majority religious context is Islam (~96%). The largest population still considered without meaningful Gospel access is the Punjabi, Sindhi and Pashtun Muslim communities.
How to pray for Pakistan
Prayer is not a substitute for going; it is how going begins. Take one of these for a week rather than all of them for a day.
- Pray for Pakistani Christians facing blasphemy accusations.
- Ask God to protect Christian girls at risk of abduction and forced marriage.
- Pray for dignity and opportunity for families trapped in sanitation work.
- Pray for Pashtun, Sindhi and Baloch peoples with almost no Gospel witness.
Questions people ask about Pakistan
Is Pakistan an unreached nation?
Pakistan is classified as unreached. There is no indigenous community of believing Christians large enough to evangelise the rest of the nation without outside help. Commonly measured as under 2% evangelical. Roughly 1.8% of the population identifies as Christian and about 0.7% as evangelical, with an estimated 400 of its 460 people groups still considered unreached. Figures are rounded estimates and vary by source and year.
How many Christians are there in Pakistan?
About 1.8% of Pakistan's roughly 248 million people identify as Christian — approximately 4.5 million people. Around 0.7% are evangelical. The largest group still without meaningful Gospel access is the Punjabi, Sindhi and Pashtun Muslim communities.
How can I pray for Pakistan?
Pray for Pakistani Christians facing blasphemy accusations. Ask God to protect Christian girls at risk of abduction and forced marriage. Pick one of these, pray it for two minutes a day for a week, and ask one other person to pray it with you.