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The Kanauri of Pakistan

The Kanauri of Pakistan, numbering approximately 7,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a tribal Tibetan ethnic group indigenous to the state of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Kinnauri is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Tibetan
Primary Language(s): Kinnauri (kfk)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 7,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006365

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

40%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kinnauri
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

64%
%
Kinnauri Speakers

Media Resources in Kinnauri:

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Bible Resources in Kinnauri:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), 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.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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And the people of Israel went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.
readExodus 14:22

Pray that the God who split the sea so that the Israelites might pass through would do another great work among these people, softening the hearts of those who remain lost to the good news and saving them from their sins.

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.
read1 Timothy 2:5-6

Pray for the truth about Jesus Christ to spread among the lost so that many will accept His ransom for their sin and experience freedom in a relationship with Him.

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.
readIsaiah 53:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will find comfort and spiritual healing as they remember the wounds of Christ, who understands their suffering because He also walked through suffering on their behalf.

And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
readRomans 10:15

Pray that God will call many believers who will obediently go and share the gospel with those who desperately need it.

Kanauri Across Countries (ROP3 - 104558) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
KanauriPG006365KanauriPakistan7,500Unengaged and UnreachedKinnauriHinduism
KanauraPG041792KanauraIndia92,000Engaged yet UnreachedKinnauriFolk Hinduism

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