People group profile · PG042163
The Mishmi of India
The Mishmi of India, numbering about 52,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Scheduled Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh divided into the Idu, Digaru, and Miju subgroups, first documented by colonial officers in 1825. Shifting and terrace cultivation remain primary, alongside a tribal religious revival.
They are an indigenous people in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Folk Hinduism, and they primarily speak Assamese.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 52,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Assamese (asm)
- Primary religion
- Folk Hinduism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Arunachal Pradesh: Changlang and Lohit; Assam state; Meghalaya: west Garo Hills; Nagaland: Dimapur, Kohima, Mokokchung, Wokha, and Zunheboto; West Bengal: Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar
Where they live
Gospel status
The Mishmi are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Mishmi
- 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
Folk Hinduism · Hinduism
86% adherents
Primary language
Assamese · Indo-European family
100% speak Assamese
Gospel resources in Assamese
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Mishmi
- 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.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
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