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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Magar of India

The Magar of India, numbering approximately 349,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to Western Nepal and Northeast India. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Magar is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Himalayan Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: South Himalayan
Primary Language(s): Magar (mgp)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 349,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG041788
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Pray for the Magar of India

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

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Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Magar
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

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Magar, Eastern Speakers

Media Resources in Magar:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Magar:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Magar are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Magar:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Magar of India

For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
readPsalm 130:7b

Pray for those who are unaware of God's steadfast love that is offered to them through Jesus Christ to learn the truth and experience His plentiful redemption.

The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
readActs 17:24-25

Pray that the good news will reach everyone in this people group and that many will come to know and serve the one true God who made the world and everything in it and lives today.

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
readPhilippians 2:5-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will imitate His humility in all they do.

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations.
readPsalm 67:1-2

Pray that as God blesses believers from among this people group or from nearby cultures, He will raise them up to share His saving power among the nations.

Magar, Eastern Across Countries (ROP3 - 102848) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▼NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
MagarPG041788MagarIndia349,000Engaged yet UnreachedMagarHinduism
Eastern MagarPG006207Eastern MagarNepal614,000Engaged yet UnreachedMagarHinduism
Eastern MagarPG001234Eastern MagarBhutan9,200Engaged yet UnreachedMagarAnimism

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