Several years ago some of our Create Emerge team met Naomi at her church, and she got inspired by a life-filled picture of missions. She did a Discipleship Training School, came on staff at YWAM Wollongong (where we also serve), and started feeling a bit of an ‘oomph’ to get Australian youth more involved in…
Sudanese Arabs Sudanese Arabs are the Arabic-speaking majority population of Sudan. They are predominantly Muslim and most of them speak the Sudanese Arabic dialect. In common with much of the rest of the Arab world, in Sudan the gradual acculturation into Arab culture, custom, language and identity, a process called Arabization, led to the predominance…
Bhojpuri Bihari India, the world’s second most densely populated nation (after China), is rapidly approaching one billion inhabitants. It is here that more than 40 million Bhojpuri Bihari can be found. They live primarily in the Northeastern region of India, in the state of Bihar. Ironically, the name “Bihar” is derived from a term that…
Kongri Dogri Dogra are an ethno-linguistic group in India and Pakistan. Their population is nearly 4 million. Being a diversified group, the Dogras include both savarnas such as Brahmins, Rajputs, Vaishyas and non-savarnas. Dogra Rajputs ruled Kashmir from the 19th century, when Gulab Singh was made Governor General of Kashmir by the Sikh Emperor Maharaja…
Kannauji The 11.3 million Kanauji (also known as the Western Hindi) are located mainly in the state of Uttar Pradesh. They speak an Indo-Aryan language called Braj Kanauji. Little is known about their specific lifestyle and culture. The Kanauji are 99.5% Hindu and follow the basic Hindu customs and traditions. In marriage they are strictly…
Bundelkhandi The 15 million Bundelkhandi are located mainly in Madhya Pradesh and in the Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur, and Banda districts of Uttar Pradesh. They speak an Indo-Aryan language, but little is known about their specific lifestyle and culture. The Bundelkhandi are 95% Hindu and follow the basic Hindu customs and traditions. Most Bundelis are farmers…
Bangri The 18 million Bangri are located mainly in the states of Haryana, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Delhi. Their language, Bangaru, is a member of the Indo-Aryan language family. The Bangri are almost all Hindus, following the basic Hindu customs and traditions. Many of the Bangri live in Haryana. Most of the…
Carol and Calvin have been traveling a lot this year due to the increased excitement over the Equip2Go Seminar. Equip2Go is an intensive one week seminar that trains cross-cultural workers how to engage with Buddhists, Muslims, and Hindus. The seminar gives practical, and field tested tools for sharing the gospel with unreached peoples. During the…
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) The first few days were spent constructing our equipment, writing new script drafts, location scouting and meeting with our cultural advisor. However we struggled to finalise the script. Every time…
This past July, Create International travelled to Nepal, revisiting the area that we filmed an evangelistic film and Video People Profile for a smaller unreached people called the Limbu. It was wonderful to return after two years: recognizing landmarks, seeing familiar faces and catching up with old friends. The Limbu are a poor group of…