The Kachchi of Malawi

The Kachchi of Malawi, numbering approximately 15,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an Indo-Iranian ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Kutch district of the Indian state of Gujarat They are an Diaspora people, with Kutchi (Kachhi) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Gujarati people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Kachhi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Malawi
People Cluster: Gujarati
Primary Language(s): Kachhi (kfr)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 15,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG015323
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

70%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kachhi
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Kacchi Speakers

Media Resources in Kachhi:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Kachhi:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kachchi 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 Kachchi:
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 Kachchi of Malawi

The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever!
readPsalm 22:26

Pray that the lost will feel a deep hunger for God, be drawn to Him in their affliction, and find lasting satisfaction and salvation in Him alone.

Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. Heal the sick in it and say to them, "the kingdom of God has come near to you."
readLuke 10:8-9

Pray that the lost will receive messengers of the gospel with joy, turn from their sins, and be healed.

I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope.
readPsalm 130:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will wait on the Lord and have patience and trust, knowing His ways and His timing are always perfect.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
readRomans 1:16

Pray that God will raise up sons and daughters who, like Paul, will be bold to share the gospel across cultural barriers so that many might receive salvation.

Kutchi (Kachhi) Across Countries (ROP3 - 112475) reported in the following countries:

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