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The Kotegar of India

The Kotegar of India, numbering approximately 4,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a Scheduled Caste of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka believed to have migrated from Belagavi, their name recalling their past as fort guards (kottai). Leatherwork and basket-making are their present trades.
They are an Indigenous people in the Kanarese people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc.
Kannada is their primary language and Hinduism is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Kotegar are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Kotegar 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.

No longer Unreached

The Kotegar 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.

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readLuke 9:42

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readMark 4:20

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