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The Kashmiri of United States

The Kashmiri of United States, numbering approximately 1,300 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Kashmiri diaspora community comprising immigrants from the Kashmir region and their U.S.-born descendants, who maintain Kashmiri identity through family ties, language, cultural traditions, and community organizations. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Kashmiri is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Kashmiri
Primary Language(s): Kashmiri (kas)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 1,300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047198

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Pray for the Kashmiri of United States

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kashmiri
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
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Kashmiri Speakers

Media Resources in Kashmiri:

Films:
Title Link
JESUS View Film
Magdalena View Film

2 films

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Kashmiri:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Kashmiri bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

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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 United States

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or?rulers?or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
readColossians 1:16

Pray for those who are lost among them, that they will come to know the One who created all things and holds all things together.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
readColossians 4:6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, their speech will always be gracious and ready to answer for the hope which is within them.

And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.
readMark 5:20

Pray that God will bring people who appear beyond hope to faith in Jesus and that they will then go and tell others of the marvelous things He has done.

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

Strategic Progress Index

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5 people groups

Photo People Group ID Name Country Population ▼ Strategic Progress Index Language Religion
Kashmiri PG043159 Kashmiri India 3,040,000 Engaged yet Unreached Kashmiri Sunni Islam
Kashmiri-Punjabis PG022260 Kashmiri-Punjabis United Kingdom 204,000 Engaged yet Unreached Urdu Sunni Islam
Kashmiri PG006367 Kashmiri Pakistan 194,000 Engaged yet Unreached Kashmiri Sunni Islam
Kashmiris PG050508 Kashmiris Canada 3,500 Unengaged and Unreached Kashmiri Sunni Islam
Kashmiri PG047198 Kashmiri United States 1,300 Engaged yet Unreached Kashmiri Sunni Islam

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