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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Mizo of India

The Mizo of India, numbering approximately 1,130,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a scheduled tribe of India, Mizoram. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Lushai is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: India
People Cluster: Mizo
Primary Language(s): Lushai (lus)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 1,130,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG041461
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Pray for the Mizo of India

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

41%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Lushai
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Mizo Speakers

Media Resources in Lushai:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Lushai:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2005 Bibles International✓
Bible Society of India✓

2 entries

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Or check out the Lushai bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Mizo 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.

Next steps for the Mizo:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Mizo of India

While he was coming, the demon threw him to the ground and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
readLuke 9:42

Pray that those who are living outside of the hope of the gospel will know and trust that Jesus offers freedom from the oppression of sin and hope in eternal life.

Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
readGenesis 2:7

Pray that Christians will be able to share the hope of Christ with suffering people and that He will breathe new life into their souls.

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.
readDeuteronomy 7:9

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will know God's faithful love and keep His commandments, experiencing His steadfast care.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRomans 6:23

Pray that God will bring people to faith who are excited about the eternal life they have in Christ and will want to cross cultures to share this hope with others.

Mizo, Lushai Across Countries (ROP3 - 115520) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▲
LushaiPG001185LushaiBangladesh2,000No Longer UnreachedLushaiProtestantism
LushaiPG009473LushaiMyanmar19,500No Longer UnreachedLushaiProtestantism
MizoPG041461MizoIndia1,130,000No Longer UnreachedLushaiProtestantism

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