People group profile · PG049352
The Rohingya of Malaysia
The Rohingya of Malaysia, numbering about 48,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Muslim ethnic group indigenous to the Rakhine State of Myanmar that has been denied citizenship there since 1982 and has suffered severe persecution and mass displacement.
They are a diaspora people in the Bengali people cluster of the South Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Sunni Islam, and they primarily speak Rohingya.
Fast facts
- Country
- Malaysia
- Population
- 48,500
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Bengali
- Primary language
- Rohingya (rhg)
- Primary religion
- Sunni Islam
- Strategic Progress Index
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- Less than 2%
- GSEC
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The Rohingya 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 No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Rohingya
- 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
Sunni Islam · Islam
99% adherents
Primary language
Rohingya · Indo-European family
100% speak Rohingya
Gospel resources in Rohingya
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Rohingya)
Bibles
- RCA – 2020 (John), 2021 (Luke) · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Rohingya
- 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.
Rohingya in other countries
The same people (ROP3 102170) is reported in 4 other countries.
| People group | Country | Population | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rohingya | Bangladesh | 908,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Rohingya | Myanmar | 636,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
| Rohingya | Saudi Arabia | 438,000 | Unengaged and Unreached |
| Rohingya | United States | 13,000 | Engaged yet Unreached |
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