The Gujjar Sikhs of India

The Gujjar Sikhs of India, numbering approximately 57,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethno-religious community of India and can also be known as Gujar, Gurjar. They are an Indigenous people, in the Gujjar people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Sikhism. They primarily speak Gujari.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Gujjar
Primary Language(s): Gujari (gju)
Primary Religion(s): Sikhism
Population: 57,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, Concentrated CP Activity
People Group ID: PG047952

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sikhism
Religious Affiliation: Sikhism

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Sikhism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Gujari
Language Family: Indo-European

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Gujari Speakers

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Next steps for the Gujjar Sikhs

The Gujjar Sikhs are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Next steps for the Gujjar Sikhs

The Gujjar Sikhs 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.

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

Next steps for the Gujjar Sikhs

The Gujjar Sikhs 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.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Gujjar Sikhs of India

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
readIsaiah 48:11

Pray that those who have been living for their own glory will turn to the One who is worthy of all praise and find their true identity in Him.

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
readPsalm 2:10-11

Pray for the rulers and authorities here to seek the Lord and serve Him only. Pray that the people they lead will be amazed by the work of God in their lives.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
readJames 1:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will ask God for wisdom when they lack it, trusting that He will generously give it to them.

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
readMatthew 28:19-20

Ask God to bring people among this group to faith in Jesus who will be obedient to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to obey all that Christ has commanded.

Gujjar, Sikh (ROP3 - 116459) reported in the following countries:

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