People group profile · PG001191
The Mru of Bangladesh
The Mru of Bangladesh, numbering about 35,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Sino-Tibetan people of Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts whose ancestors once ruled the Arakan region before being driven out by the Khumi and resettling in the hills between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
They are an indigenous people in the Kuki-Chin (Zo) people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Mru.
Fast facts
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Population
- 35,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Kuki-Chin (Zo)
- Primary language
- Mru (mro)
- Primary religion
- Ethnoreligion
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Minimally Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mru are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Mru
- 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
Primary language
Mru · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Mru
Gospel resources in Mru
- Bible available, published 1994
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mru)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mru
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- 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.
Mru in other countries
The same people (ROP3 106847) is reported in 1 other country.
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