People group profile · PG049878
The Ved of India
The Ved of India, numbering about 2,700 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a community of Dungarpur, Banswara, and Chittorgarh districts, Rajasthan, their name recalling a title for chief medical practitioners skilled in herbal medicine. Barbering remains traditional, supplemented by agriculture.
They are an indigenous people in the Nai people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Hinduism, and they primarily speak Bagri.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 2,700
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Nai
- Primary language
- Bagri (bgq)
- Primary religion
- Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Punjab: Fatehabad, Firozepur, Hanumangarh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sriganganagar, and Sirsa districts
Where they live
Gospel status
The Ved 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 Ved
- 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
Gospel resources in Bagri
- Bible available, published 2019
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Bibles
- 2014 Edition (Partial NT) · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Ved
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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