Urdu Indian Muslims Urdu Indian Muslims Johannesburg – South AfricaJohannesburg – South Africa

Who are Who are thosethose??Who?

Urdu Indian Muslim from South AfricaWhat they speak?

EnglishUrdu (mixture of vocabulary from Turkish, Persian and Arabic)

Where?Johannesburg, South Africa

How much?247,000 (0.49%)

What are their lives like?What are their lives like?

Urdu-speaking Muslims can be found in every level of society.

the landlords and the religious leadersilliterate and the educated

the poor and the money lenders

Basic religious beliefs and practices

99.9% Sunni Muslims (the largest branch of Islam / Orthodox Islam)

0.49% Evangelical

What are their lives like?What are their lives like?

How is it going?How is it going?

> 0.1% but <= 2% Evangelicals

5% Professing Christians

Multiple agencies involved

1 known church

Many consider the moral values of Western

Christians to be "pagan."

They are very suspicious of opening up to Christianity.

Fundamentalist Muslims are very outspoken

against Christianity.

How do they see us?How do they see us?

Pray that God will open doors for

Christian businessmen to share the Gospel with them.

Ask God to strengthen, encourage, and

protect the small number of Urdu Muslims

that have converted to Christianity.

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Pray that these converts will be bold in their witness for Christ.

Ask the Holy Spirit to soften the hearts of the Urdu towards Christians so that they will be receptive to the Gospel.

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Pray that God will reveal Himself to them

through dreams and visions.

Ask the Lord to raise up strong

local churches among the Diaspora Urdu.

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