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People Name Are Kapu Country India Status Unengaged Unreached Population 211,000 Language Marathi Religion Written Scripture Yes Oral Scripture Yes Jesus Film Yes Gospel Recordings Yes Christ Followers No Map: Joshua Project / Global Mapping International Churches No "Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest Workers Needed 4 to send out workers into His harvest." Workers Reported 0 Photo: Anonymous

BACKGROUND WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED? denominations are represented in the state. The Telugu word Kapu or Kaapu means They are found primarily in the southern The Church at large, however, has struggled protector. They are also referred to by their Indian state of , where they long and hard against nominalism. Of the caste title , which means leader. make up about one-quarter of the 33 tribal groups in Andhra Pradesh, 16 have population. The Kapu community in Andhra yet to be evangelized. Kapus were inhabitants of the Andhra Pradesh is predominantly concentrated in region, people who migrated from the the coastal districts, North and PRAYER POINTS north, cleared forests for agriculture and regions of Andhra Pradesh. * Pray urgently (deomai) for the Lord to built settlements. They are the descendants They are also found in large numbers in thrust out (ekballo) workers to this people of the Kaampu tribe, an Indo-Aryan tribe, , , , group. (Mt 9:37-38, Lk 10:2 and Jn 4:35) which migrated from Kampilya, Mithila and Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa. Ayodhya. These were ancient cities situated * Pray for the Holy Spirit to equip, in the Gangetic Plains of North India spread WHAT ARE THEIR LIVES LIKE? empower, and guide these laborers to bear across Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The A significant number of Kapus have today fruit through disciple-making and church- migration seems to have occurred 2500 diversified into industry, arts and academia. planting movements within this people years ago, which coincides with the rise of However, substantial segments of the group. (Mt 18:8, Mk 4:8, Jn 15:8) the first Andhra Kingdom, Satavahanas. This population are still farmers. They are similar migrant tribe initially settled along the to farming peoples in neighboring * Ask the Holy Spirit to multiply these banks of the Godavari River, cleared forests Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, Orissa, movements until there is no place left in and built settlements and towns. Rajasthan and also Madhya Pradesh. this people group where Christ is not preached or known. (Mt 24:14, Mt The Kapus were primarily a military / WHAT ARE THEIR BELIEFS? 28:18-20, Acts 19:10, Rom 15:23) agrarian community who took up military Kapu are primarily Hindu. They also live service and then cultivation during peace among many Muslims. * Ask that these movements transform this time. Kapus who engaged in trade were people group’s culture to fully glorify God referred to as . who took up WHAT ARE THEIR NEEDS? and represent His Kingdom on earth. (Mt military service and protected trading Missionary activity in the Andhra Pradesh 6:9-10, Rom 12:2, 2 Cor 3:18) caravans were called Balija Nayakulu or region has seen spouts of success in Balija Naidu. winning the population to Christ. In 1710, a * Pray for every opposing spirit to give way Roman Catholic missionary established one to the liberating, life-giving gospel of the Modern day Kapus have banded together of the first mission stations in the region Lord Jesus Christ, the coming King. (James to fight for their political rights in the caste and nearly 300 people came to faith. 4:7, 2 Cor 10:4-5, 1 Cor 15:58, Mt 18:18) system. They have organized agricultural Protestant missions groups arrived some unions to protect their way of life. two hundred years later. Today, 30 major

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