People group profile · PG041966
The Pawi Mizo of India
The Pawi Mizo of India, numbering about 48,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a subgroup of the Mizo, also called Lai or Chin, settled in Chhimtuipui and Champhai in Mizoram, their name recalling the leopard's bravery in battle. Shifting cultivation remains primary.
They are an indigenous people in the Mizo people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Paite Chin.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 48,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Mizo
- Primary language
- Paite Chin (pck)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 50% or Greater but Less than 75%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Assam state; Manipur: Churachandpur district, Khuga valley, Copur Bazar; Mizoram: Aizawl district, Champhai sub-district, 20 villages; Tripura state
Where they live
Gospel status
The Pawi Mizo 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 Pawi Mizo
- 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
61% adherents
Primary language
Paite Chin · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Paite Chin
Gospel resources in Paite Chin
- Bible available, published 2013
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Chin, Paite)
Bibles
- 2004 Bibles International · text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Pawi Mizo
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- 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.
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