2020 Daily Prayer Guide for All People Groups & LR-Unreached People Groups = LR-Upgs
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2020 Daily Prayer Guide for all People Groups & LR-Unreached People Groups = LR-UPGs - of INDIA Source: Joshua Project data, www.joshuaproject.net 2020 Western edition To order prayer resources or for inquiries, contact email: [email protected] I give credit & thanks to Create International for the use of their people group photos Introduction Page i INTRODUCTION & EXPLANATION All Joshua Project people groups & “Least Reached” (LR) / “Unreached People Groups” (UPG) downloaded in August & December 2019 are included. Joshua Project considers LR & UPG those people groups who are less than 2 % Evangelical and less than 5 % total Christian. This prayer guide is good for multiple years (2020, 2021, etc.) as there is little change population growth (approx. 1.4% growth) each year. ** AFTER 2020 MULTIPLY POPULATION FIGURES BY 1.4 % ANNUAL GROWTH EACH YEAR. LR-FR column lists those people groups which Joshua Project lists as “Least Reached” = LR (light green), and Frontier = FR (light blue). Frontier people groups = FR, are 0.1% Christian or less, the most needy UPGs. White rows shows people groups JP lists as “Least Reached” LR or FR, while shaded rows are not considered LR-UPG 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 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 December 31, 2019 Joshua Project lists 17,298 total people groups in the world, & 7,368 “Least Reached” & "Frontier" Unreached People Groups in the world. Source: Joshua Project: www.joshuaproject.net (see website for updated lists of LR/UPG and FRONTIER). India has 2,445 “Least Reached” or UPG out of 2,718 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 3,177 LR-UPG out of 7,368 world total LR/UPG = 43.11% 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 & LR = LEAST REACHED & FR = FRONTIER-UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS--Page 1 PRAY PEOPLE GROUP POPULATION PERCENT LR PRIMARY PRIMARY PRIMARY PEOPLE GROUP DAILY: NAME: IN INDIA: CHRISTIAN: FR LANGUAGE: RELIGION: LOCATION: PHOTOS: 1 Jan. Abdul 34,000 0% FR Urdu Islam Bihar, North India Abor 1,600 16.36% Adi Animism Arunachal Pradesh Ad Dharmi 1,026,000 0.34% FR Punjabi, Eastern Hinduism NW India Adaviar 200 0% FR Tamil Hinduism South India Adi 68,000 21.03% Adi Animism AR, NW India Adi Andhra 304,000 0.83% LR Telugu Hinduism AP, S. & C. India Adi Andhra Christian 26,000 100% Telugu Christianity AP, TN, KA 2 Jan. Adi Bori 300 39.73% Adi Animism Arunachal Pradesh Adi Dravida 8,480,000 0.08% FR Tamil Hinduism TN, KA, S. & C. India Ad Dharmi Adi Dravida Christian 578,000 100% Tamil Christianity TN, KA, AP Adi Gallong 17,000 40.08% Adi, Galo Ethnic religion Arunachal Pradesh Adi Karnataka 2,930,000 0.51% LR Kannada Hinduism KA, S. & C. India Adi Karnataka Christian 153,000 100% Kannada Christianity KA, TN, MH Adi Minyong 24,000 17.76% Adi Ethnic religion Arunachal Pradesh 3 Jan. Adi Padam 13,000 30.11% Adi Buddhism Arunachal Pradesh Adi Pasi 3,000 20% Adi Ethnic religion Arunachal Pradesh Adi Ramo 1,400 45.87% Adi Animism Arunachal Pradesh Adiya 800 0% FR Kannada Hinduism Karnataka Adi Dravida Adiyan 17,000 0.75% LR Malayalam Hinduism Kerala, TN, South India Agamudaiyan 869,000 0.51% LR Tamil Hinduism TN, South India Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar 2,000 0% FR Tamil Hinduism TN, South India 4 Jan. Agamudaiyan Nattaman 653,000 0.19% LR Tamil Hinduism TN, South India Agamudaiyan Udayar 8,500 18.09% Tamil Hinduism Tamil Nadu Agani 500 0% FR Kodava Hinduism Karnataka Agariya, Hindu 203,000 0.30% LR Agariya Hinduism CT, OD, N. India Agariya, Muslim 15,000 0% FR Urdu Islam Odisha, UP Agaru 1,600 0% FR Telugu Hinduism Odisha, AP Adi Karnataka Ager, Hindu 14,000 0% FR Kannada Hinduism KA, NW India 5 Jan. Aghori 68,000 0% FR Hindi Hinduism MP, UP, NW India Agri 433,000 0% FR Marathi Hinduism MH, NW & North India Agri Kharwal 200 0% FR Hindi Hinduism Delhi Aguri 505,000 0.11% LR Bengali Hinduism West Bengal, N. India Ahar 1,424,000 0% FR Hindi Hinduism UP, North India Aheria 163,000 0% FR Hindi Hinduism UP NW India Ahmadi 72,000 0% FR Urdu Islam UL, MH, North India Ahom 1,319,000 4.02% LR Assamese Hinduism Assam, NE India Agamudaiyan INDIA - DAILY PRAYER GUIDE FOR ALL PEOPLE GROUPS & LR = LEAST REACHED & FR = FRONTIER-UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUPS--Page 2 PRAY PEOPLE GROUP POPULATION PERCENT LR PRIMARY PRIMARY PRIMARY PEOPLE GROUP DAILY: NAME: IN INDIA: CHRISTIAN: FR LANGUAGE: RELIGION: LOCATION: PHOTOS: 6 Jan. Aimol 2,900 98.39% Aimol Christianity Manipur Aiton 3,900 0% FR Aiton Buddhism Assam, NE India Aiyanavar 5,300 3.89% LR Telugu Hinduism KL, TN, S. India Aiyanavar Christian 16,000 100% Telugu Christianity KL, TN Ajila 3,300 0% FR Malayalam Hinduism Karnataka, South India Ajna 41,000 0% FR Hindi Hinduism Madhya Pradesh Aka 11,000 26.85% Hruso Hinduism AR, AS, WB, NL 7 Jan. Akula 500 0% FR Odia Hinduism Odisha Alambadi Kurichchan 43,000 4.62% LR Kurichiya Hinduism Kerala, TN, S. India Alavan 7,500 0% FR Tamil Hinduism TN, South India Amat Alia 55,000 0% FR Odia Hinduism Odisha, North India Alitkar Salankar 800 0% FR Marathi Hinduism Maharashtra Alkari 500 0% FR Marathi Hinduism Maharashtra Alwar 200 0% FR Marwari Hinduism Maharashtra 8 Jan. Amat 268,000 0% FR Hindi Hinduism Bihar, North India Ambalavasi 150,000 0.32% LR Malayalam Hinduism Kerala, TN Ambalavasi Kambalattu 2,800 1.26% LR Tamil Hinduism Kerala, TN Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 11,000 0.82% LR Tamil Hinduism Kerala, TN Ambattan 177,000 0.09% FR Tamil Hinduism TN, South India Ambattan Christian 4,200 100% Tamil Christianity KL, TN, MH Andh Amma Kodaga 2,000 0% FR Kodava Hinduism Karnataka 9 Jan. Anal 22,000 98.17% Anal Christianity Manipur, NE India Anamuk 300 0% FR Telugu Hinduism South India Anantpanthi 600 0% FR Hindi Hinduism Uttar Pradesh Andh 484,000 0.02% FR Marathi Hinduism Maharashtra, AP, MP Anduran 2,500 0% FR Konkani Hinduism Karnataka Angami 156,000 98.67% Naga, Angami Christianity NL, NE India Angami Angarok 6,300 0% FR Bengali Hinduism West Bengal 10 Jan.