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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Dhatki Marwari of Pakistan

The Dhatki Marwari of Pakistan, numbering approximately 227,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a South Asian people group closely associated with the Thar Desert region, especially in southeastern Pakistan and parts of northwestern India They are an Indigenous people, in the Rajasthani people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Islam - Sunni. They primarily speak Dhatki.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Rajasthani
Primary Language(s): Dhatki (mki)
Primary Religion(s): Islam - Sunni
Population: 227,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006342

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Islam - Sunni
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Islam - Sunni Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Dhatki
Language Family: Indo-European

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Dhatki Speakers

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Next steps for the Dhatki Marwari

The Dhatki Marwari 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.

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Next steps for the Dhatki Marwari

The Dhatki Marwari 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.

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

Next steps for the Dhatki Marwari

The Dhatki Marwari 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.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Dhatki Marwari of Pakistan

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
readTitus 3:3

Pray for those who seek worldly pleasures instead of God to flee from sin and choose God’s goodness and lovingkindness by placing their faith in Jesus.

Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
readMatthew 16:16

Pray that many will see clearly that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and put their trust in Him.

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins.
readHebrews 10:26

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will live with reverence for God and not deliberately keep sinning after they receive the knowledge of the truth.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe."
readJohn 6:35-36

Praise God for the things such as bread that He has provided as natural conversation bridges to the gospel. Pray that believers will use any bridges He provides to share the gospel with those who do not yet know the good news.

Dhatki Marwari (ROP3 - 102570) reported in the following countries:

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