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People group profile · PG015325

The Kachi Koli of Malawi

The Kachi Koli of Malawi, numbering about 25,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group indigenous to the Sindh province of Pakistan with historical and cultural ties to the Kutch region of Gujarat, India.

They are a diaspora people in the Sindhi people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism, and they primarily speak Gujarati.

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Fast facts

Country
Malawi
Population
25,500
Affinity group
South Asian Peoples
People cluster
Sindhi
Primary language
Gujarati (guj)
Primary religion
Hinduism
Strategic Progress Index
Engaged yet Unreached
Evangelical
Less than 2%
GSEC
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority
Frontier Unreached People Group
Region
Eastern Africa, Africa

Where they live

Gospel status

The Kachi Koli are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.

  • Congregations exist No
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Kachi Koli

  • Continue prayer and fasting for this group
  • Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
  • Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Primary religion

Hinduism

99% adherents

Primary language

Gujarati · Indo-European family

100% speak Gujarati

Gospel resources in Gujarati

  • Bible available
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Films

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Kachi Koli

  1. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  2. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
  3. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  4. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.

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Kutchi Kohli in other countries

The same people (ROP3 105488) is reported in 1 other country.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
Kutchi KohliPakistan282,000Engaged yet Unreached

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