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The Sonar of Nepal

The Sonar of Nepal, numbering approximately 247,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as an indigenous community of Nepal and can also be known as Jargar, Saraf, Potdar, Suniyara, Sunar, Konkar, Swarankar, Sanur, Tank, Soni, Suniar, Verma, Zargar, Maipotra, Hemkar, Sunar, Merhbansi Sonar, Suvarnakar, Jarg, Sawrnakar, Kapila.
They are an Indigenous people, with Sonar as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Sonar people cluster of the South Asian Peoples.
Their primary religion is Hinduism.
They primarily speak Nepali.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Sonar 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 Sonar 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 Sonar 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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readMark 7:9

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