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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Capparband of India

The Capparband of India, numbering approximately 7,400 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community of India, Karnataka and Maharashtra. They are an Indigenous people, in the Rajput people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Hinduism. They primarily speak Marathi.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Rajput
Primary Language(s): Marathi (mar)
Primary Religion(s): Hinduism
Population: 7,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity
People Group ID: PG049696
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Primary Religion: Hinduism
Religious Affiliation: Hinduism

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Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Marathi
Language Family: Indo-European

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Next steps for the Capparband

The Capparband 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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Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Next steps for the Capparband

The Capparband 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 Capparband

The Capparband 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 Capparband of India

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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Pray that the lost will seek God and learn that they have a heavenly Father who loves them and wants them to live eternally with Him.

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?
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Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will turn from worldly passions and live in unity with one another.

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
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Chapparband (ROP3 - 111784) reported in the following countries:

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