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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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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

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

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

Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
readRomans 1:22

Ask God to pour out His mercy and bring those who are walking in their own wisdom to faith in Jesus.

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.

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.

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.

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

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
LushaiPG001185LushaiBangladesh2,000No Longer UnreachedLushaiProtestantism
LushaiPG009473LushaiMyanmar19,500No Longer UnreachedLushaiProtestantism
MizoPG041461MizoIndia1,130,000No Longer UnreachedLushaiProtestantism

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