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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Khaskeli of India

The Khaskeli of India, numbering approximately 600 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a socioreligious community of Sunni Muslims speaking Kachchi and inhabiting Kutch district of Gujarat. He Khaskeli historically migrated from Sindh to serve the Baloch community. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Kachhi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Sindhi
Primary Language(s): Kachhi (kfr)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG048942

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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: Kachhi
Language Family: Indo-European

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Kacchi Speakers

Media Resources in Kachhi:

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Bible Resources in Kachhi:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), 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.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Praise God that He is the God of impossible things and that He is able to save even those who seem beyond hope.

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Pray that God will bring young men and women to faith in Jesus and that the fruit of their faith will be a powerful testimony as they honor their parents.

Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
readPsalm 100:3-4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be in awe of the Lord God, their Creator, and will give Him thanksgiving and praise.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
read2 Peter 3:9

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will patiently endure hardships as they share the gospel, knowing that the Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise.

Khaskeli Across Countries (ROP3 - 112673) reported in the following countries:

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PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
KhaskeliPG048942KhaskeliIndia600Unengaged and UnreachedKachhiSunni Islam

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