Population: 6340000
Hub: India
Religion: Hinduism
Christians: 0%
Hub: India
Religion: Hinduism
Christians: 0%
Resources: NT, JF
Engaged: Yes
Workers Needed: 120
Annual Deaths: 57,000
Engaged: Yes
Workers Needed: 120
Annual Deaths: 57,000
Description: The Matang are the second largest Dalit (untouchable) caste in the state of
Maharashtra. Their traditional occupation was leather work and disposing of dead
bodies of animals. They have four principle subgroups which do not intermarry with
one another.
Prayer Points:
• The Matang are considered so low in the Hindu hierarchy that even other low caste groups such as the washermen and barbers will not serve them. Pray that the Matang might be lifted up in Christ to their true identity as sons and daughters of the Most High God.
• The Matang worship Devi as their supreme deity, a goddess who manifests in many other female deities such as Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. Pray for deliverance from deceptions that bind the Matang in idolatry and false religion.
• Some Matang have become Christians, but to a large extent they have been discriminated against by Christians from other castes. Pray for complete transformation in the church from prejudice and for a wide open door of Christ's love to the Matang from believers everywhere.
A Prayer: Heavenly Father, you sent your Son Jesus to lift up the down-trodden and establish justice in the earth. May the Matang be set free both spiritually and socially from the bonds that hold them.
Every year 57,000 Matangs die without Christ, many of whom never hear the gospel in their lifetime. Let's do something to change that.
Prayer Points:
• The Matang are considered so low in the Hindu hierarchy that even other low caste groups such as the washermen and barbers will not serve them. Pray that the Matang might be lifted up in Christ to their true identity as sons and daughters of the Most High God.
• The Matang worship Devi as their supreme deity, a goddess who manifests in many other female deities such as Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. Pray for deliverance from deceptions that bind the Matang in idolatry and false religion.
• Some Matang have become Christians, but to a large extent they have been discriminated against by Christians from other castes. Pray for complete transformation in the church from prejudice and for a wide open door of Christ's love to the Matang from believers everywhere.
A Prayer: Heavenly Father, you sent your Son Jesus to lift up the down-trodden and establish justice in the earth. May the Matang be set free both spiritually and socially from the bonds that hold them.
Every year 57,000 Matangs die without Christ, many of whom never hear the gospel in their lifetime. Let's do something to change that.