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The Dasa Palanjika of India

The Dasa Palanjika of India, numbering approximately 2,300 people, are Unengaged and Unreached.
They are described as a community of India and can also be known as Dasa Palanjikar, Kannada Chettiar, Kannadiar, Dasa Balenjika, Balanjika.
They are an Indigenous people, with Dasa Palanjika as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Kanarese people cluster of the South Asian Peoples.
Their primary religion is Hinduism.
They primarily speak Kannada.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Dasa Palanjika 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 Dasa Palanjika 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 Dasa Palanjika 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 12:7

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But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

"And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you"...And the King will answer them, "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me."
readMatthew 25:38-40

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and serve others in faithfulness to Him, they will know that by serving others, they are serving Jesus, who is present with them.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
readJohn 1:5

Pray that when discouraging days come, those who cross cultures for the sake of the gospel will be comforted as they remember that the light of Christ is stronger than the darkness that surrounds them.

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