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The Parenga of India

The Parenga of India, numbering approximately 19,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached.
They are described as a Scheduled Tribe of Koraput district in Odisha also called Pareng Paroja, organized into clans such as Macha and Khila and following tribal religion. Settled cultivation and daily-wage labor remain their main occupations.
They are an Indigenous people in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc.
Oriya, Adivasi is their primary language and Ethnoreligion is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Parenga 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 Parenga 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 Parenga 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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