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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.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Mru Chin

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

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
readJohn 14:6

Pray that those who don't know Jesus will recognize Him as the only way to the Father and follow Him in faith.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:5

While there are many who do not yet praise God, pray that He will work in their lives, advance the gospel among them, and bring many to saving faith in Christ.

For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
readPsalm 149:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be encouraged and feel immeasurably loved as they meditate on the fact that God takes pleasure in them.

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
readMatthew 9:37-38

Pray that the Lord of the harvest will raise up believers to send out into His harvest field, which is ripe and ready.

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

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2 people groups

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

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