The seven countries of South Asia contain more unengaged unreached people groups (UUPGs) than all other parts of the world combined.  In fact, three-fourths of all the world’s UUPGs are in South Asia.  People group researchers in recent years have documented about 345 UUPGs with a population of more than 100,000.  Today that number stands at 177!   A UUPG is classified as a people group with less than 2 percent Christian population and no evangelical work among them.  This means that most of these people have never had any exposure to the Gospel and even now have no one working among them to bring them the Good News.  Southern Baptists are putting special emphasis on reaching these people groups in South Asia with the Gospel.