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The Are Kapu of India

The Are Kapu of India, numbering approximately 243,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached.
They are described as a community of India and can also be known as Marathivallu, Are-Marathi, Arya Kshatriya, Maratha, Maratelu, Are Marati, Arevallu, Marativallu, Marateelu, Are Vallu.
They are an Indigenous people, with Are Kapu as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Kapu people cluster of the South Asian Peoples.
Their primary religion is Hinduism.
They primarily speak Marathi.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Are Kapu 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 Are Kapu 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 Are Kapu 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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readLuke 18:27

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

There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.
readPsalm 19:3

Pray that God will lead them to His Word, and where it is not available, ask that He will raise up those who will produce gospel media in their heart language.

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.
readDeuteronomy 7:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know God's faithful love and keep His commandments, experiencing His steadfast care.

And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation, but as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."
readRomans 15:20-21

Pray that God will send believers to cross cultures and proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that the nations might glorify God for His mercy.

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