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The Khatri (Pahari) of India

The Khatri (Pahari) of India, numbering approximately 54,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a major trading caste that originated in Punjab and spread across northern and western India, claiming Kshatriya descent. Business and moneylending remain their main occupations, and many have entered industry and the professions.
They are an Indigenous people in the Punjabi people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc.
Kangri is their primary language and Hinduism is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Khatri (Pahari) 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 Khatri (Pahari) 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 Khatri (Pahari) 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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readJohn 4:13-14

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readPsalm 127:3

Pray that God will bless this generation of children, that they will come to know Jesus early in life and follow Him always.

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
readActs 17:23

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a deep desire to know God more fully and to make Him known in creative ways to others who are still searching for truth.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
readJohn 3:16

Pray that God will send and sustain believers to cross cultures and share the gospel with the lost. Ask that He will give them His heart for the lost and that many will believe in Him and not perish but have eternal life.

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