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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Anu of Myanmar

The Anu of Myanmar, numbering approximately 4,400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Myanmar and can also be known as Nung. They are an Indigenous people, in the Kuki Chin people cluster of the Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples affinity bloc. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion - Polytheism. They primarily speak Chin, Anu-Khongso.

Anu in Myanmar photo
Photo courtesy of Joshua Project. Photo Source: Asia Harvest-Operation Myanmar

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Peoples
Country: Myanmar
People Cluster: Kuki Chin
Primary Language(s): Chin, Anu-Khongso (anl)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion - Polytheism
Population: 4,400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009405

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Polytheism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

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Ethnoreligion - Polytheis… Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Chin, Anu-Khongso
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

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Chin, Anu-Khongso Speakers

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Next steps for the Anu

The Anu are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
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Next steps for the Anu

The Anu 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.

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

Next steps for the Anu

The Anu are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Anu of Myanmar

Behold, I stand at the door and?knock.?If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,?I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
readRevelation 3:20

Pray that those who have not opened their hearts to Jesus will hear His knock and invite Him in as their Savior and Lord.

I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
readPsalm 34:4

Pray for each who becomes a child of God to share the hope of eternity with family and friends.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
readHebrews 10:36

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will patiently endure suffering and hardships and do God's will so that they may receive what He has promised.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
readEphesians 6:11

Pray that those God sends to cross cultures will put on the full armor of God so that they will be able to stand against the schemes of the enemy.

Chin, Anu (ROP3 - 100394) reported in the following countries:

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