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The Rabha of India

The Rabha of India, numbering approximately 477,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Meghalaya, Assam, and West Bengal belonging to the Bodo linguistic group. The Rabha are historically matrilineal, organized into Rongdani, Maitori, Pati, and Dhuri subgroups. Wet and dry cultivation remain their main occupation. They mostly adhere to Animism and Rabha is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Tibetan
Primary Language(s): Rabha (rah)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 477,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG041582
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Rabha
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Rabha Speakers

Media Resources in Rabha:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Rabha:

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Indian Evangelical Mission✓

1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Rabha 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.

Next steps for the Rabha:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Rabha of India

Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
readColossians 3:5-6

Pray for God to have mercy and give those who don't yet know Him the gift of Jesus and His salvation for all who call upon His name.

For your steadfast love is great to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.
readPsalm 57:10

Pray that God will work, even in the hearts of hard-to-reach people, and that they will rejoice in His steadfast love and faithfulness.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
readLamentations 3:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the goodness of the Lord as they wait on Him to answer their cries for help.

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
readLuke 10:6

Pray that, as people come to faith in Christ and want to share it with others, they will be welcomed into homes and received well so that they can share message of hope with many people.

Rabha Across Countries (ROP3 - 113406) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
RabhaPG041582RabhaIndia477,000No Longer UnreachedRabhaAnimism

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