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The Kashmiri of Pakistan

The Kashmiri of Pakistan, numbering approximately 194,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic people originating in the Kashmir Valley; in Pakistan, Kashmiri-speaking communities are concentrated in parts of Muzaffarabad, Neelum and Hattian. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Kashmiri is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Kashmiri
Primary Language(s): Kashmiri (kas)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 194,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006367
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Pray for the Kashmiri of Pakistan

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

94%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kashmiri
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Kashmiri Speakers

Media Resources in Kashmiri:

Films:
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JESUSView Film
MagdalenaView Film

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Bible Resources in Kashmiri:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Kashmiri bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri:
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 Kashmiri of Pakistan

"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" But he said "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:25-27

Pray that the lost who think they have everything they need will recognize their spiritual poverty apart from Jesus and turn to Him in faith.

No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
readLuke 13:3

Pray that the lost will repent and believe the gospel, for without it, they will perish.

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
read2 Corinthians 12:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will grow in the spiritual gifts God has given them and use these gifts to glorify Him and build up the Church.

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
read1 Corinthians 15:3-4

Pray that God will raise up believers to go to the lost and faithfully proclaim the good news of Jesus' death and resurrection so that all may have an opportunity to access and believe.

Kashmiri Across Countries (ROP3 - 104709) reported in the following countries:

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5 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
KashmiriPG047198KashmiriUnited States1,300Engaged yet UnreachedKashmiriSunni Islam
KashmiriPG043159KashmiriIndia3,040,000Engaged yet UnreachedKashmiriSunni Islam
Kashmiri-PunjabisPG022260Kashmiri-PunjabisUnited Kingdom204,000Engaged yet UnreachedUrduSunni Islam
KashmiriPG006367KashmiriPakistan194,000Engaged yet UnreachedKashmiriSunni Islam
KashmirisPG050508KashmirisCanada3,500Unengaged and UnreachedKashmiriSunni Islam

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