People group profile · PG041808
The Hmar of India
The Hmar of India, numbering about 114,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a tribal community of Assam, Manipur, and Mizoram speaking a Kuki-Chin Tibeto-Burman language. Predominantly Christian, they traditionally practice shifting cultivation.
They are an indigenous people in the Kuki-Chin (Zo) people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Hmar.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 114,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Kuki-Chin (Zo)
- Primary language
- Hmar (hmr)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 40% or Greater but Less than 50%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Assam: Cachar and Dima Hasao districts; also Manipur: South Manipur district; Mizoram: Aizawl district; Meghalaya
Where they live
Gospel status
The Hmar 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 Hmar
- 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
47% adherents
Primary language
Hmar · Sino-Tibetan family
89% speak Hmar
Gospel resources in Hmar
- Bible available, published 2016
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Hmar)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Hmar
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
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