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The Bawm of Bangladesh

The Bawm of Bangladesh, numbering approximately 13,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a people of Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Bawm Chin is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Bangladesh
People Cluster: Kuki-Chin (Zo)
Primary Language(s): Bawm Chin (bgr)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 13,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
People Group ID: PG001153
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Pray for the Bawm of Bangladesh

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bawm Chin
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

73%
%
Chin, Bawm Speakers

Media Resources in Bawm Chin:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Bawm Chin:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2006 Bangladesh Bible Society✓✓
2006 Bangladesh Bible Society✓✓

2 entries

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Or check out the Bawm Chin bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Bawm are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Bawm:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Bawm of Bangladesh

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
readProverbs 4:19

Pray that lost people will accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward.
readPsalm 127:3

Pray that God will bless this generation of children, that they will come to know Jesus early in life and follow Him always.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
readJohn 10:29

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember that they can never lose their salvation

And through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
readColossians 1:20

As believers cross cultures to tell others about Jesus, praise God for allowing them to be a part of His reconciling all things to Himself, asking Him to help them remember their role in His beautiful plan of salvation for others.

Chin, Bawm Across Countries (ROP3 - 101163) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BawmPG001153BawmBangladesh13,500No Longer UnreachedBawm ChinProtestantism
BawmPG009408BawmMyanmar700No Longer UnreachedBawm ChinProtestantism

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