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2018 Daily Prayer Guide for all People Groups & Unreached People Groups = LR-UPGs - of INDIA Source: Joshua Project data, www.joshuaproject.net Western edition Introduction Page i INTRODUCTION & EXPLANATION All Joshua Project people groups & “Least Reached” (LR) / “Unreached People Groups” (UPG) downloaded in October 2017 are included. Joshua Project considers LR & UPG as those people groups who are less than 2 % Evangelical and less than 5 % total Christian. The statistical data for population, percent Christian (all who consider themselves Christian), is Joshua Project computer generated as of October 2017. This prayer guide is good for multiple years (2018, 2019, etc.) as there is little change (approx. 1.4% growth) each year. ** AFTER 2018 MULTIPLY POPULATION FIGURES BY 1.4 % ANNUAL GROWTH EACH YEAR. The JP-LR column lists those people groups which Joshua Project lists as “Least Reached” (LR), indicated by Y = Yes. White rows shows people groups JP lists as “Least Reached” (LR) or UPG, while shaded rows are not considered LR people groups by Joshua Project. For India ISO codes are used for some Indian states as follows: AN = Andeman & Nicobar. JH = Jharkhand OD = Odisha AP = Andhra Pradesh+Telangana JK = Jammu & Kashmir PB = Punjab AR = Arunachal Pradesh KA = Karnataka RJ = Rajasthan AS = Assam KL = Kerala SK = Sikkim BR = Bihar ML = Meghalaya TN = Tamil Nadu CT = Chhattisgarh MH = Maharashtra TR = Tripura DL = Delhi MN = Manipur UT = Uttarakhand GJ = Gujarat MP = Madhya Pradesh UP = Uttar Pradesh HP = Himachal Pradesh MZ = Mizoram WB = West Bengal HR = Haryana NL = Nagaland Introduction Page ii UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS IN INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA Mission leaders with Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (LCWE) meeting in Chicago in 1982 developed this official definition of a PEOPLE GROUP: “a significantly large ethnic / sociological grouping of individuals who perceive themselves to have a common affinity to one another [on the basis of ethnicity, language, tribe, caste, class, religion, occupation, location, or a combination]. From the viewpoint of evangelization this is the largest group within which the gospel can spread as a church planting movement without encountering barriers of understanding or acceptance.” These mission leaders defined UNREACHED PEOPLES as: “a group among which there is no [or not enough] indigenous community of believing Christians able (with adequate numbers and resources) to evangelize this people group (without outside [cross-cultural] assistance.)” An unreached people group was later further defined by Joshua Project as a group which was less than 2 % Evangelical and less than 5 % total Christian. This definition is thus a missiological, church planting definition which attempts to determine which people groups most need cross-cultural mission workers to preach Christ and plant churches in that group. On the basis of the above definitions and ethno-linguistic criteria, as of October 2017Joshua Project lists a total of 16,842 people groups in the world, & a total of 6,989 “Least Reached” or Unreached People Groups in the world. Source: Joshua Project: www.joshuaproject.net (see website for actual lists of LR/UPG) India has 2,274 “Least Reached” or UPG out of 2,531 total people groups; India has more UPG than any other country. The 6 countries of South Asia (India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives) have 2,936 LR-UPG out of 6,989 world total LR/UPG = 42% of world LR- UPG! We must PRAY & send pioneer church planters! Introduction Page iii Why Should We Pray For Unreached People Groups? * Missions & salvation of all people is God's plan, God's will, God's heart, God's dream, Gen. 3:15! * In the Great Commissions Jesus commands us to reach all peoples in the world, Matt. 28:19-20! * People without Jesus are eternally lost, & Jesus is the only One who can save them, John 14:6! * We have been given "the ministry & message of reconciliation", in Christ, 2 Cor. 5:18-20! * Jesus’ return is intimately tied to reaching all people groups, Matt. 24:14; Rev. 7:9! * Jesus commanded us to pray to Him to send workers into the harvest, Luke 10:2! * If we love Jesus, we will want to obey and please Him, John 14:15! How Should We Pray for Unreached People Groups? ** Pray for great revival on the Church to cleanse, empower and send them out to the lost! ** Pray for great outpouring of God’s Spirit on the people group bringing conviction of sin! ** Pray for clear, biblical dreams and visions and revelations drawing people to Jesus! ** Pray for powerful, biblical signs and wonders of healing, deliverance and miracles! ** Pray that God will send more workers into His harvest in obedience to Luke 10:2! ** Pray for great people movements to Christ and Church Planting Movements! ** Pray that new converts will be biblically discipled and will grow in Jesus! God answers prayer for UPGs! An example are the Cholanaikkans of Kerala, South India! *** In the late 1960s the Cholanaikkans of Kerala, South India were discovered living in caves and completely unreached. Local Kerala Christians began praying for them and sent church planting teams to reach them. Within a few years the Cholanaikkans' lives improved, many became believers in Jesus, and a church was built with half the Cholanaikkans attending, PTL! INDIA - DAILY PRAYER GUIDE FOR ALL PEOPLE GROUPS & UNREACHED PG = UPGs = Page 1 PRAY PEOPLE GROUP POPULATION PERCENT JP- PRIMARY PRIMARY PRIMARY PHOTOS OF DAILY: NAME: IN INDIA: CHRISTIAN: LR: LANGUAGE: RELIGION: LOCATION: PEOPLE GROUPS: 1 Jan. Abdul 35,000 0 Y Urdu Islam Bihar, North India Ad Dharmi 785,000 0 Y Punjabi, Eastern Hinduism NW India Adaviar 100 0 Y Tamil Hinduism South India Adi 47,000 29.33% Adi Animism AR, NW India Adi Abor 22,000 24.59% Adi Hinduism NE India Adi Andhra 1,322,000 3.89% Y Telugu Hinduism AP, S. & C. India 2 Jan. Adi Dravida 10,430,000 7.73% Tamil Hinduism TN, KA, S. & C. India Adi Gallong 64,000 31.93% Adi, Galo Ethnic relig. Arunachal Pradesh Adi Karnataka 3,939,000 4.79% Y Kannada Hinduism KA, S. & C. India Adi Minyong 47,000 16.05% Adi Ethnic relig. Arunachal Pradesh Adi Dharmi Adi Padam 17,000 28.81% Adi Ethnic relig. Arunachal Pradesh Adi Pasi 4,200 15.18% Adi Ethnic relig. Arunachal Pradesh 3 Jan. Adiyan 17,000 1.45% Y Malayalam Hinduism Kerala, TN, South India Agamudaiyan 910,000 0.52% Y Tamil Hinduism TN, South India Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar 1,700 0.00% Y Tamil Hinduism TN, South India Agamudaiyan Nattaman 696,000 0.17% Y Tamil Hinduism TN, South India Agamudaiyan Udayar 8,900 18.41% Tamil Hinduism TN, South India Agani 500 0 Y Kodava Hinduism Karnataka 4 Jan. Agaria, Hindu 223,000 0.18% Y Agariya Hinduism CT, OD, N. India Adi Andhra Agaria, Muslim 16,000 0 Y Urdu Islam Odisha, UP Agaru 1,700 0 Y Odia Hinduism Odisha, AP Ager, Hindu 26,000 0 Y Kannada Hinduism KA, NW India Aghori 74,000 0 Y Hindi Hinduism MP, UP, NW India Agri 442,000 0 Y Marathi Hinduism Maharashtra, NW India Agri Kharwal 200 0 Y Hindi Hinduism Delhi 5 Jan. Aguri 486,000 0.12% Y Bengali Hinduism West Bengal, N. India Ahar 1,522,000 0 Y Hindi Hinduism UP, North India Aheria 170,000 0 Y Hindi Hinduism UP NW India Ahmadi 76,000 0 Y Urdu Islam UL, MH, North India Adi Dravida Ahom 1,240,000 5.92% Assamese Hinduism Assam, NE India Aimol 3,600 98.66% Aimol Christianity Manipur Aiton 4,000 0 Y Aiton Buddhism Assam, NE India 6 Jan. Aiyanavar 25,000 78.67% Malayalam Christianity KL, TN, S. India Ajila 7,100 0 Y Malayalam Hinduism Karnataka, South India Ajna 51,000 0 Y Hindi Hinduism Madhya Pradesh Aka 9,700 16.25% Assamese Hinduism AR, AS, WB, NL Akula 600 0 Y Odia Hinduism Odisha Alambadi Kurichchan 49,000 4.27% Y Kurichiya Hinduism Kerala, TN, S. India Alavan 8,000 0 Y Tamil Hinduism TN, South India Adi Karnataka INDIA - DAILY PRAYER GUIDE FOR ALL PEOPLE GROUPS & UNREACHED PG = UPGs = Page 2 PRAY PEOPLE GROUP POPULATION PERCENT JP- PRIMARY PRIMARY PRIMARY PHOTOS OF DAILY: NAME: IN INDIA: CHRISTIAN: LR: LANGUAGE: RELIGION: LOCATION: PEOPLE GROUPS: 7 Jan. Alia 60,000 0 Y Odia Hinduism Odisha, North India Alitkar Salankar 800 0 Y Marathi Hinduism Maharashtra Alkari 500 0 Y Marathi Hinduism Maharashtra Alwar 200 0 Y Marwari Hinduism Maharashtra Amat 269,000 0 Y Hindi Hinduism Bihar, North India Ambalavasi 159,000 0.32% Y Malayalam Hinduism Kerala, TN 8 Jan. Ambalavasi Kambalattu 3,000 1.26% Y Tamil Hinduism Kerala, TN AmbalavasiTottiyanNaicker 12,000 0.83% Y Tamil Hinduism Kerala, TN Ambattan 193,000 2.43% Y Tamil Hinduism TN, South India Ansari Amma Kodaga 2,100 0 Y Kodava Hinduism Karnataka Anamuk 4,000 0 Y Telugu Hinduism South India Anantpanthi 700 0 Y Hindi Hinduism Uttar Pradesh 9 Jan. Andh 514,000 0.02% Y Marathi Hinduism Maharashtra, AP, MP Anduran 2,600 0 Y Konkani, Goan Hinduism Karnataka Angami 203,000 98.00% Naga, Angami Christianity NL, NE India Angarok 6,700 0 Y Bengali Hinduism West Bengal Anglo 182,000 100% English Christianity KA, WB, all India Ansari 11,030,000 0 Y Urdu Islam UP, Bihar, North India 10 Jan. Anuppan 1,000 0 Y Kannada Hinduism TN, Karnataka Arain, Muslim Anwal 100 0 Y Kumaoni Hinduism Uttaranchal Ao 247,000 99.03% Naga, Ao Christianity NL, NE India Aoghar 200 0 Y Hindi Hinduism Bihar, North India Apapanthi 29,000 0 Y Hindi Hinduism UP, North India Arab 2,200 0 Y Arabic, Baharna Islam MH, main cities Arain, Hindu 293,000 0.00% Y Hindi Hinduism Haryana, North India 11 Jan.