The Bagri of India

The Bagri of India, numbering approximately 482,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Rajasthani-speaking population of the Bagar region spanning northern Rajasthan and adjoining Haryana and Punjab, united primarily by use of the Bagri language rather than a single caste identity. They mostly adhere to Animism and Malvi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Rajasthani
Primary Language(s): Malvi (mup)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 482,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG041520

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

99%
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Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Malvi
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Malvi Speakers

Media Resources in Malvi:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Malvi:

Or check out the Malvi bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Bagri 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 Bagri:
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 Bagri of India

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
readJames 2:5

Pray for those living in despair to experience the riches of God's love and the hope of eternal life through faith in Christ.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
readPsalm 119:105

Pray that they will receive the Word of God as a lamp to their feet and commit their ways to Him.

Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
readHebrews 10:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will not neglect meeting together but encourage one another as they see the Day approaching.

Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
readPsalm 134:1

Pray that God will raise up believers among them who are in awe of Him and that, in service to Him, they will share the gospel with others so that they too may bless the Lord!

Bagri Across Countries (ROP3 - 100754) reported in the following countries:

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