The Pasi of India

The Pasi of India, numbering approximately 9,765,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a large North Indian Scheduled Caste community historically associated with toddy tapping and rural occupations, with a strong sense of community identity and a significant presence in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar They are an Indigenous people, with Pasi as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Pasi people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Hinduism. They primarily speak Hindi.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Pasi
Primary Language(s): Hindi (hin)
Primary Religion(s): Folk Hinduism
Population: 9,765,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Dispersed CP Activity
People Group ID: PG041250
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Folk Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

99%
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Folk Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hindi
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Hindi Speakers

Media Resources in Hindi:

Films:
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The SaviorView Film

3 films

Bible Resources in Hindi:

6 entries

Or check out the Hindi bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Pasi 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 Pasi:
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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 Pasi of India

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
read1 John 4:10

Pray for those without the hope of Christ to understand the depth of God's love and the sacrifice He made for them.

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 after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
readActs 16:15

Pray that God will bring entire families and households to faith in Him and raise up servant-leaders from among them.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

Pasi, Hindu Across Countries (ROP3 - 113327) reported in the following countries:

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