Rohingya of Myanmar (PGID: PG022052)

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The Rohingya of Myanmar

The Rohingya of Myanmar, numbering approximately 636,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Muslim ethnic group indigenous to the Rakhine State of Myanmar that has been denied citizenship there since 1982 and has suffered severe persecution and mass displacement They are an Indigenous people, with Rohingya as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Bengali people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam. They primarily speak Bengali.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Myanmar
People Cluster: Bengali
Primary Language(s): Bengali (ben)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 636,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG022052
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

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Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bengali
Language Family: Indo-European

100%

Bengali Speakers

Media Resources in Bengali:

Films:

Title	Link
JESUS	View Film
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Magdalena	View Film
Magdalena	View Film
The Savior	View Film

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Bible Resources in Bengali:

Bible Name (Translation)	Video	Audio	Text
Common Language Version	✓	✓	✓
Mussolmani	✓	✓
Re-edit Bangla Version		✓	✓

3 entries

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Rohingya 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 Rohingya:

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 Rohingya of Myanmar

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:1

Pray that God will reassure those who may be struggling with the cost of following Jesus that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
Daniel 7:13-14

Pray that the gospel will advance so that all peoples will come to know the Son of Man, who has been given dominion and glory and a kingdom, and that they will bow before Him and serve Him forever.

The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
Lamentations 3:25

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust in the goodness of the Lord as they wait on Him to answer their cries for help.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Psalm 23:6

Ask God to raise up believers who will share the hope that, for those who trust in Christ, goodness and love will follow them all the days of their lives, and they will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Rohingya Across Countries (ROP3 - 102170) reported in the following countries:

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Engaged yet Unreached UUPG No Longer Unreached

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5 people groups

People Group ID	Name	Country	Population ▼	Strategic Progress Index	Language	Religion
PG049351	Rohingya	Bangladesh	908,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Rohingya	Sunni Islam
PG022052	Rohingya	Myanmar	636,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Bengali	Sunni Islam
PG050625	Rohingya	Saudi Arabia	438,000	Unengaged and Unreached	Rohingya	Sunni Islam
PG049352	Rohingya	Malaysia	48,500	Engaged yet Unreached	Rohingya	Sunni Islam
PG050359	Rohingya	United States	13,000	Engaged yet Unreached	Rohingya	Sunni Islam

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