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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Mru Chin of Myanmar

The Mru Chin of Myanmar, numbering approximately 49,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are native to Bangladesh, Bandarban District. They mostly adhere to Theravada Buddhism and Mru is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Myanmar
People Cluster: Kuki-Chin (Zo)
Primary Language(s): Mru (mro)
Primary Religion(s): Theravada Buddhism
Population: 49,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG009489
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Theravada Buddhism
Religious Affiliation: Buddhism

85%
%
Theravada Buddhism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Mru
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Mru Speakers

Media Resources in Mru:

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Bible Resources in Mru:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Mru Chin are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Mru Chin:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Mru Chin of Myanmar

Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!
readPsalm 30:10

Pray that people in the depths of despair and suffering and living outside of relationship with Christ will cry out to the Lord and find help, peace, and joy in Him.

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
readIsaiah 40:8

Pray that everyone has access to God's Word and that those who hear the good news will turn from their sins and put their faith in Jesus the Messiah.

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 8:38-39

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have confidence in their salvation, knowing that nothing can separate them from the One who conquered death and loves them as His children.

Oh give thanks to the LORD; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the peoples!
readPsalm 105:1

Pray that many among them will call on the name of Jesus, develop a heart for the nations, and go to places where the gospel has not yet been received.

Mru Across Countries (ROP3 - 106847) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Mru ChinPG009489Mru ChinMyanmar49,000Engaged yet UnreachedMruTheravada Buddhism
MruPG001191MruBangladesh35,000No Longer UnreachedMruEthnoreligion

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