In the colonial period, the word kol acquired a pejorative connotation. It became a synonym for the savage, the lowly, those performing menial jobs, the militant and the aggressive. In some regions, their traditional and present-day occupation is the collecting and selling fuel of wood and leaves from forest and wage labor. They worship family deities like Birmidevi and Simoridevi, village deities, and regional deities.

An animistic, polytheistic worldview is an obstacle to faith in Christ, but not an insurmountable obstacle.

Many workers are needed to carry the good news about Christ to the several language groups within the Kol community.

There are a few followers of Christ among the Kol community. Pray they will experience Christ's love that surpasses knowledge.

Pray the Kol community will increasingly hunger to know the creator God, and lose their interest in worshiping imaginary beings.