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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Gujjar (Awadhi), Muslim of India

The Gujjar (Awadhi), Muslim of India, numbering approximately 451,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a large and diverse ethnic community found across northern and western India. Historically, they have been associated with pastoralism, cattle herding, dairy production, agriculture, and, in some regions, nomadic or semi-nomadic lifestyles They are an Indigenous people, with Gujjar as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Gujjar people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Awadhi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Gujjar
Primary Language(s): Awadhi (awa)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 451,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047949

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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: Awadhi
Language Family: Indo-European

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Awadhi Speakers

Media Resources in Awadhi:

Films:
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MagdalenaView Film

3 films

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Bible Resources in Awadhi:

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Or check out the Awadhi bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Gujjar (Awadhi), Muslim 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 Gujjar (Awadhi), Muslim:
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 Gujjar (Awadhi), Muslim of India

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
readJames 2:5

Pray for those living in despair to experience the riches of God's love and the hope of eternal life through faith in Christ.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
read2 Timothy 4:3-4

Pray that the lost will be open to the truth of the gospel and turn from false teachings and myths to the sound doctrine of Christ in faith.

And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
readActs 4:31

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be filled with the Holy Spirit and speak God's Word with boldness, sharing the love of Jesus with those around them.

Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
readPsalm 34:3

Pray that God will raise up believers who will go to those in this people group who do not yet follow Jesus, and that they will invite many to magnify the Lord with them so that His fame will spread to the ends of the earth.

Gujjar (Awadhi), Muslim Across Countries (ROP3 - 116471) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Gujjar (Awadhi), MuslimPG047949Gujjar (Awadhi), MuslimIndia451,000Engaged yet UnreachedAwadhiSunni Islam

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