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The Khasi of India

The Khasi of India, numbering approximately 1,695,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Austroasiatic people of Meghalaya's Khasi Hills linked by ancestry to Southeast Asia's Mon-Khmer peoples, distinguished by a matrilineal system in which the youngest daughter, Ka Khadduh, inherits property and husbands join their wives' homes. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Khasi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: South Asian Tribal
Primary Language(s): Khasi (kha)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 1,695,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG041380
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

51%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Khasi
Language Family: Austroasiatic

100%
%
Khasi Speakers

Media Resources in Khasi:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Khasi:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
Bible Society of India✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Khasi bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Khasi 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.

Next steps for the Khasi:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Khasi of India

For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
readRomans 5:7-8

Pray for the many who don't yet understand the hope of the gospel, and pray that God will reveal to them that while they were in darkness, Christ died for them.

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed"
readGalatians 3:8

Ask the Lord to fulfill His promise to Abraham that all nations would be blessed by advancing the gospel to every people group who has yet to receive it.

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.”
readGenesis 15:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God to keep His promises.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
readEphesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Khasi Across Countries (ROP3 - 104918) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KhasiPG041380KhasiIndia1,695,000No Longer UnreachedKhasiProtestantism
KhasiPG001178KhasiBangladesh275,000Engaged yet UnreachedKhasiProtestantism

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