Monthly Prayer for Unengaged Unreached People Groups

A UUPG is a distinct cultural or language group with no known active church-planting strategy or missionary presence, and less than 2% evangelical population. The IMB (International Mission Board) estimates there are over 3,000 such groups, comprising about 290 million people who lack access to the gospel.

For the month of May we ask that you pray over the Dasari people group of India.

The Dasari are a Hindu, unengaged, unreached people group numbering about 258,000 who live throughout Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. They hold a wide array of jobs but many of them are centered around begging. They can be identified by the things they carry: a conch shell, a metal gong, a long iron lamp post, a copper vessel, and a small metal image of Hanumantha, the monkey god. They have a strong history of oral traditions which focuses on preserving their Hindu culture and these stories have been incorporated into the street plays they often perform.

Please pray that the Dasari, whose name literally means ‘servant of god,’ would one day consider themselves servants of the Most High God, the Only God.

Pray that someone would share Jesus Christ with them and that the Spirit would convict them of the truth of Christ.

Pray that as they come to faith they would resist the persecution that will come and stand strong for the Lord, enduring through all hardships.

Pray that 2 Corinthians 6:4 would be their heart’s cry: “Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and distresses.”