People group profile · PG042162
The Idu of India
The Idu of India, numbering about 17,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Tibeto-Burmese ethnolinguistic group of northern India and Tibet.
They are an indigenous people in the Tibetan people cluster of the Tibetan Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Idu-Mishmi.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 17,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Tibetan
- Primary language
- Idu-Mishmi (clk)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Expanding Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Arunachal Pradesh: Dibang Valley district, Dibong Valley and Lower Dibong Valley districts; Assam state
Where they live
Gospel status
The Idu are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Idu
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
90% adherents
Primary language
Idu-Mishmi · Sino-Tibetan family
74% speak Idu-Mishmi
Gospel resources in Idu-Mishmi
- Bible available, published 2000
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Idu
- 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.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
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