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The Chamar, Bhambi (Marathi) of India

The Chamar, Bhambi (Marathi) of India, numbering approximately 845,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a sub-group within the larger Chamar community of India. Though traditionally associated with leather work and tanning, Bhambi Chamars are now part of the broader agricultural and urban labor force and can also be known as Maratha Chambhar, Bhambi, Bhambi, Chamar, Chamar (Marathi), Maratha Chambhar.
They are an Indigenous people, with Bhambi as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Chamar people cluster of the South Asian Peoples.
Their primary religion is Hinduism.
They primarily speak Marathi.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Chamar, Bhambi (Marathi) 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 Chamar, Bhambi (Marathi) 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 Chamar, Bhambi (Marathi) 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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Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
readPsalm 20:7

Pray for those who trust in anything other than the Lord to be convicted of their sin and learn about what Jesus did for them so that they can choose to trust in Him.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. 
read2 Timothy 4:3-4

Pray that the lost will be open to the truth of the gospel and turn from false teachings and myths to the sound doctrine of Christ in faith.

Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
readPsalm 100:3-4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be in awe of the Lord God, their Creator, and will give Him thanksgiving and praise.

The steps of a man are established by the LORD, when he delights in his way.
readPsalm 37:23

Pray that believers from near and far will serve here and trust in the Lord's timing as He establishes their steps.

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