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The Rabha of India

The Rabha of India, numbering approximately 477,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Meghalaya, Assam, and West Bengal belonging to the Bodo linguistic group. The Rabha are historically matrilineal, organized into Rongdani, Maitori, Pati, and Dhuri subgroups. Wet and dry cultivation remain their main occupation. They mostly adhere to Animism and Rabha is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Tibetan
Primary Language(s): Rabha (rah)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 477,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG041582
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Rabha
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Rabha Speakers

Media Resources in Rabha:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Rabha:

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Indian Evangelical Mission✓

1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Rabha are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Rabha:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Rabha of India

The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.
readPsalm 6:9

Pray that lost people will hear the gospel and place their faith in Christ, knowing that He hears their plea and accepts their prayer.

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
readRomans 5:1

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many who are far from God will receive the good news of salvation with joy and have peace with God through faith in His Son Jesus Christ.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

Being then God's offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
readActs 17:29

Pray that God will send out laborers to tell people of the one true God and, as the good news is shared, bring about repentance and belief as they turn from idols and follow Jesus.

Rabha Across Countries (ROP3 - 113406) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
RabhaPG041582RabhaIndia477,000No Longer UnreachedRabhaAnimism

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