People group profile · PG001185
The Lushai of Bangladesh
The Lushai of Bangladesh, numbering about 2,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Kuki-related people of Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts sharing ties with the Mizo across the Indian border, whose early 19th-century raids on Sylhet and Chittagong villages for captive labor prompted a British punitive expedition in 1871.
They are an indigenous people in the Mizo people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Lushai.
Fast facts
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Population
- 2,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Mizo
- Primary language
- Lushai (lus)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 30% or Greater but Less than 40%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Lushai are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Lushai
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
54% adherents
Primary language
Lushai · Sino-Tibetan family
50% speak Lushai
Gospel resources in Lushai
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mizo, Lushai)
Bibles
- 2005 Bibles International · text
- Bible Society of India · video
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Lushai
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
Mizo, Lushai in other countries
The same people (ROP3 115520) is reported in 2 other countries.
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