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The Bagri of Pakistan

The Bagri of Pakistan, numbering approximately 370,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Hindu community of the Cholistan desert borderlands in Bahawalpur and Bahawalnagar, whose Rajasthani-derived language and migration into Sindh and Punjab trace back to the 1947 Partition. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Bagri is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Rajasthani
Primary Language(s): Bagri (bgq)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 370,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006326

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Pray for the Bagri of Pakistan

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

95%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bagri
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Bagri Speakers

Media Resources in Bagri:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

2 films

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Bible Resources in Bagri:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
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1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Bagri bible at Bible.com

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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 Pakistan

All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.
readRomans 3:12

Pray that those who are enslaved to sin will admit their need for a Savior, acknowledging that no one is righteous.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

The LORD bless you and keep you.
readNumbers 6:24

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be blessed with God's grace, trusting that He will never abandon them.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
readPsalm 51:2

Pray that God will raise up believers to go and share the gospel with those in this people group who need to be washed of their iniquity and cleansed from their sins.

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

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
BagriPG041520BagriIndia482,000Engaged yet UnreachedMalviAnimism
BagriPG006326BagriPakistan370,000Engaged yet UnreachedBagriHinduism

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