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The Idu of India

The Idu of India, numbering approximately 17,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Tibeto-Burmese ethnolinguistic group of northern India and Tibet. They mostly adhere to Animism and Idu-Mishmi is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Tibetan Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Tibetan
Primary Language(s): Idu-Mishmi (clk)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 17,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG042162
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Pray for the Idu of India

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Idu-Mishmi
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

74%
%
Idu-Mishmi Speakers

Media Resources in Idu-Mishmi:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Idu-Mishmi:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Idu-Mishmi bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Idu 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 Idu:
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 Idu of India

For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
readLuke 19:10

Pray that those who are lost will respond to the One who came to seek and save the lost, and experience the joy of being found.

Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear.
readMatthew 13:8-9

Pray that they will have open hearts and minds to the Word of God, and that it will take root in their lives and bear fruit for His glory.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
readPsalm 47:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will exalt the Lord, recognizing His reign over the nations and His sovereignty over all things.

Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand by night in the house of the LORD!
readPsalm 134:1

Pray that God will raise up believers among them who are in awe of Him and that, in service to Him, they will share the gospel with others so that they too may bless the Lord!

Mishmi, Idu Across Countries (ROP3 - 112269) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
IduPG042162IduIndia17,500Engaged yet UnreachedIdu-MishmiAnimism

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