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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Hazaras of Australia

The Hazaras of Australia, numbering approximately 19,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an ethnic group of Turko-Mongol origins that emerged in Central Asia during the 14th century They are an Diaspora people, with Hazara as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Aimaq people cluster of the Persian-Median Peoples. They mostly adhere to Shia Islam and Hazaragi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Persian-Median Peoples
Country: Australia
People Cluster: Aimaq
Primary Language(s): Hazaragi (haz)
Primary Religion(s): Shia Islam
Population: 19,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047937
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Shia Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

95%
%
Shia Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hazaragi
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Hazaragi Speakers

Media Resources in Hazaragi:

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Bible Resources in Hazaragi:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hazaras 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 Hazaras:
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 Hazaras of Australia

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him!
readPsalm 68:4

Pray that many will come to faith in Christ and share the gospel with others so that His salvation will be known among all nations.

And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
readMatthew 28:18-20

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence because Jesus has all authority and is with them as they make disciples and teach others about Him.

"Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
readJohn 7:38

Ask God to raise up believers and sustain them as they cross cultures to share hope with those who need it. Pray that many might come to know Christ and that streams of living water will flow from their hearts so they will never thirst again.

Hazara Across Countries (ROP3 - 103743) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▲CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HazarasPG023957HazarasAfghanistan3,640,000Engaged yet UnreachedHazaragiShia Islam
HazarasPG024382HazarasPakistan273,000Engaged yet UnreachedHazaragiShia Islam
HazarasPG047004HazarasUnited Arab Emirates96,000Engaged yet UnreachedDariShia Islam
HazarasPG047937HazarasAustralia19,500Engaged yet UnreachedHazaragiShia Islam

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