5 Ways to Pray for Unreached People Groups [Where All In is Serving Next]

By Danita Brooks

Did you know that there are 7,407 Unreached People Groups (UPGs) in the world at this very moment . . .

What exactly is an Unreached People Group (UPG)?

An unreached people group is a group of people or a distinct ethnic culture that generally includes less than 2% of a Christian influence and does not have the resources to spread the Gospel. While there may be Christians present in these groups, there is such a minimal number compared to the group’s population.*

What’s shocking is only 1% of missions giving goes toward reaching UPGs!** That’s one reason why All In Ministries International exists.

All In Ministries focuses on equipping women to disciple other women cross-culturally. We help women embrace the call to global disciple-making, equip them to go, and go ourselves. Read why teaching women to be disciple makers is essential to accessing these unreached groups of people.

You can help right now by praying for Unreached People Groups.

5 ideas to get started with praying for unreached people groups:

1-Use the Joshua Project’s Prayer Guides.

2-You can download a global prayer app like Operation World or Unreached People of the Day.

3-Get the kids involved with Prayer Card Games or print out these prayer cards to place in your Bible to remind you to pray every day.

4-Pray for an unreached people group in your daily mealtime prayers and/or weekly discipleship gatherings. Praying as a family at mealtimes or in weekly gatherings is another way to teach others about disciple-making and how to make a global impact through prayer intercession.

5-You could pick one day a week or month to fast and pray for an unreached people group. Learn how to fast and pray here.

We can all pray for what Jesus asked—for more disciple makers:

Jesus said, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field” (Luke 10:2).

Set an alarm on your phone for 10:02 a.m. and use it as a reminder to ask God to “send out workers.” The more workers or as we call them “disciple makers” worldwide, the more people learn about God’s gift of salvation through Jesus. God prepares the harvest, we just need to ask, go, and share.

All In is going to Kenya and Uganda in June 2022!

As we prepare for our mission and women’s conferences in both countries—here is a list of unreached people groups you can pray for.

Pray for these Unreached People Groups in Kenya and Uganda:

Kenya

Natural Name	Population
Ajuran	190000
Hadrami Arab	13000
Kenyan Arab	15000
Omani Arab	28000
Yemeni Arab	37000
Aweer	10000
Bajuni	96000
Chinese	36000
Daasanach	19000
Gujarati Creole	2100
Kenyan Gujarati	217000
Hindi	6800
Ilchamus	43000
Ilwana	23000
Kachchi	82000
Madhiban	2600
Marathi	500
Mijikenda, Digo	459000
Munyoyaya	2200
Nubian	22000
Orma	94000
Garre Oromo	787000
Sakuye Oromo	28000
Punjabi	68000
Segeju	600
Sindhi	3400
Somali	2540000
Ajuran Somali	238000
Bantu Somali	113000
Bengali-speaking South Asian	1600
Coastal Swahili	116000
Toposa	3100

Uganda

NaturalName	Population
Aringa	650000
Ugandan Gujarati	479000
Ugandan Hindi	5900
Nubian	38000
Swahili	5200

Let’s pray for all the people of Kenya and Uganda to hear the name and message of Jesus.

Do you have any ideas for praying for unreached people groups that we didn’t mention? Comment below—we would love to know.

*UPG data gathered from JoshuaProject’s list tool, visit the JoshuaProject for more information.
**Percentage of missions “giving” statistic from Radical.net