People group profile · PG042175
The Hill Miri of India
The Hill Miri of India, numbering about 18,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a tribal community of the Subansiri districts in Arunachal Pradesh, the hill-dwelling section of the Miri. They are traditionally agriculturists and hunters who follow the indigenous Donyi-Polo faith.
They are an indigenous people in the South Asian Tribal people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion, and they primarily speak Mising.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 18,000
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- South Asian Tribal
- Primary language
- Mising (mrg)
- 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 ?
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Arunachal Pradesh: Lower and Upper Subansiri districts
Where they live
Gospel status
The Hill Miri 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Hill Miri
- 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
Mising · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Mising
Gospel resources in Mising
- Bible available, published 2001
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Mising)
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Hill Miri
- 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.
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