Unreached of the Day: Aheria of India

Aheria of India
The name Aheria means hunter. This was their main occupation prior to the 1920s. However, in 1920, hunting was banned, and this led to the disappearance of their principal occupation. The community is now engaged mainly in farming. They supplement their income by selling firewood. According to their traditions, they are of Rajput origin. The Aheri have a fairly strong caste council, the jati panchayat, which exercises control over the community. Almost all disputes are referred to the panch, who traditionally heads the panchayat. Violation of social or religious norms invites monetary punishment. Their traditional tribal deity is Vijaisan Mataji, whose temple the Aheri regularly visit.

Ministry Obstacles
Spiritual opposition can be expected as Jesus is presented to the Hindu communities of India. Workers need to be prayerfully prepared for this.

Outreach Ideas
Please pray that church planters will be able to include the Aheria as a priority community in the days ahead. Pray workers will not overlook this community-caste.

Pray for the followers of Christ
None of the Aheria has identified themselves as Christians to the Indian census. It's possible there are a few secret believers. Please pray the Lord will begin to stir the hearts of the Aheria to seek a Savior for their sin. Pray they will come to understand and believe God's Son, Jesus, is inviting them to receive eternal life if they will but place their faith in him.

Pray for the entire people group
The Aheria are a scheduled caste, one of the disadvantaged groups in India. Pray they will be able to overcome this stigma, and improve their living conditions. Pray especially for an improving literacy rate.

Scripture Focus
"And those who lead many to righteousness [will shine] like the stars for ever and ever." Daniel 12:3

Amen brother praise God you are encouraged by these posts.

There is a great need in many northern african countries, the middle east and asia. MANY have not even heard of the name of Jesus Christ over 1 billion. We must tell them. It is not only northern India that needs the Gospel.

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Nearly one third (2.2 billion individuals) of the earth's population reside in only 250 Least-Reached people groups.

2,670 people groups in the world have neither Scripture portions or audio recordings available in their primary language, comprising 204,000,000 individuals.

2,001,000,000 individuals live in people groups (5,235) with very few, if any, believers.

339 of the 550 people groups in China do not have even Bible portions available in their primary language.

35 of the 78 people groups in Afghanistan do not have even Bible portions available in their primary language.

544 of Indonesia's 780 people groups do not have even Bible portions available in their primary language. The largest of these is the Betawi, 5,347,000.

830 people groups in Central Asia are least-reached, totaling 437,000,000 individuals.