The Wadiyara Koli of Pakistan

The Wadiyara Koli of Pakistan, numbering approximately 298,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an Indo-Aryan people tracing their name to Wadiyar in India's Gujarat, migrating into Sindh, Pakistan in the early 1900s to escape famine, affiliated with the Bhil and Koli peoples though identifying more with the latter, remaining predominantly Hindu They are an Indigenous people, with Wadiyara Koli as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Koli people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Hinduism and Wadiyara Koli is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Pakistan
People Cluster: Koli
Primary Language(s): Wadiyara Koli (kxp)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 298,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006417

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

98%
%
Hinduism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Wadiyara Koli
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Koli, Wadiyari Speakers

Media Resources in Wadiyara Koli:

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Bible Resources in Wadiyara Koli:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Wadiyara Koli 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 Wadiyara Koli:
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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 Wadiyara Koli of Pakistan

That they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us.
readActs 17:27

Pray that those who don't yet know Christ will search diligently for God and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.
readMatthew 4:16

Pray that those who dwell in darkness and live in the land of the shadow of death may be drawn out of darkness into His marvelous light.

The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
read2 Corinthians 9:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember the principle of sowing and reaping, and be generous in their giving and serving, knowing that they will reap a generous harvest.

Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wondrous works!
readPsalm 105:2

Pray for God to saturate this place with the gospel and raise up believing men and women from among them to share the good news of Christ with those who have yet to encounter it.

Wadiyara Koli Across Countries (ROP3 - 110605) reported in the following countries:

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