Pray for Tibetan Christian Believers
Only a very small number of Tibetans follow Jesus Christ. Many are isolated and under pressure. Pray that they would stand firm, find one another, and grow in faith.
Father, rejoice over Your Tibetan children, strengthen them, and let them know You are always with them.
The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness,
Zephaniah 3:17
Pray for workers
Pray for Christian Believers willing to serve Tibetan communities on the plateau and in exile, for wisdom, patience, and protection in difficult places, and for patience in a work that may take generations.
Lord, send messengers of good news to the mountains of Tibet.
How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’
Isaiah 52:7
Pray for Tibetan children
Tibetan children are increasingly sent to state boarding schools, and in early 2026 authorities were reported to be barring children under 18 from entering monasteries. Pray for children and young people growing up amid pressure on their language and culture.
Lord Jesus, welcome Tibetan children to Yourself, and let this generation hear what their parents did not.
Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.
Mark 10:14
Pray for Tibetans in exile
Tibetan communities in India, Nepal, and beyond have lived far from home for decades. Pray for them, and for Christian Believers who serve among them.
Father, give Tibetans in exile a lasting home in You.
For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.
Hebrews 13:14
Main city: Lhasa
Religions: Tibetan Buddhist, with a Bon minority of about 12% and small Muslim and Christian communities
Languages: Central Tibetan, Amdo, Khampa, and many smaller Tibetan languages
People groups: dozens of Tibetan peoples, all unreached
Tibet is the highest inhabited region on earth, a plateau of thin air, immense sky, and monasteries built into mountainsides. It is also one of the most thoroughly unreached places in the world.
Tibet is not a single people but many.
Amdo
More than a million people across several groups in the northeast.
Eastern Khampa
More than 1.5 million people in the east.
Smaller peoples
The Golog, Choni, Ergong, Chrame, Tseku, and dozens more, many small, remote, and entirely without a Gospel witness.
Tibetans in exile
Long-term communities in India, Nepal, and beyond.
Tibetan Buddhism is not merely a religion here but the framework of identity, daily life, and the rhythm of the year. Bon, the older indigenous tradition, still holds the allegiance of a substantial minority, and its influence runs through much of Tibetan spiritual practice.
Every Tibetan people is unreached. Among many groups, Buddhist adherence is recorded at 99% or above, and Christian adherence at effectively zero.
For most Tibetans, to be Tibetan is to be Buddhist. Faith is bound up with family, community, and national identity.
Life on the plateau has also grown harder for religious communities. Authorities have detained Tibetan educators, closed schools that promoted Tibetan language and culture, and called for Tibetan Buddhism to adapt itself to socialist society.
Tibetan is not one language but a family of them. Central Tibetan, Amdo, and Khampa speakers often cannot understand one another, and many smaller groups hold their own tongues. Scripture exists in Central Tibetan, but many plateau languages have no Scripture, no audio recording, and no JESUS film. Literacy in written Tibetan is uneven, which makes audio and visual resources especially important.
Pray for the Tibetan peoples
Pray for the Amdo, the Khampa, and every Tibetan people, among whom followers of Jesus Christ are almost unknown, that God would reveal Himself and open doors that no power can shut.
Father, draw the peoples of the high mountains to Yourself.
the mountain of the Lord’s house Shall be established on the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow to it.
Isaiah 2:2
Pray for Scripture in every Tibetan language
Pray for Scripture and audio resources in every Tibetan language that still lacks them, and for wisdom to place God’s Word where seekers can safely find it.
Lord, let every Tibetan people hear of You in words they understand.
How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
Romans 10:14
Pray for freedom in Jesus Christ
Pray for Tibetans whose lives are shaped by fear of spirits and by the rituals of Bon and folk religion, that they would encounter the One who sets people free.
Lord Jesus, break every power that holds Tibetan hearts in fear.
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:8
Pray for the impossible
Few places on earth have seen less Gospel fruit than the Tibetan plateau. Pray for God to do what has not yet been done, and for whole communities to encounter Jesus Christ.
Father, nothing is too hard for You.
Is anything too hard for the Lord?
Genesis 18:14
Sovereign Lord,
We pray for Tibet, a high and hidden land of mountains and monasteries, where Your name is scarcely spoken. You know every people group by name. You know every valley, every village, every herding family, and every person who has never heard the Gospel.
Raise up workers for these peoples, on the plateau and among those scattered abroad. Give Your Church patience for a work that may take generations, and courage where the way is hard. Provide Scripture in every Tibetan language, in words that can be read and in voices that can be heard. Strengthen the few who already follow You, and protect Tibetan children growing up under pressure.
For those who have never heard, send someone. Let churches be planted where there are none, let disciples multiply where Jesus Christ is not known, and let Tibet become a testimony of Your grace among the nations.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
