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The Boya of India

The Boya of India, numbering approximately 4,745,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a South Indian community with deep historical roots in hunting, military service, local governance, and frontier society. The Boya have played significant roles in the political and military history of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.
They are an Indigenous people in the Telugu people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc.
Telugu is their primary language and Hinduism is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Boya 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.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Boya 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.

No longer Unreached

The Boya 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.

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