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MINORITIES RESISTANT TO THE GOSPEL
The Palaung, Danu, Taungyo, Intha, PaO and Wa are the most
unreached and resistant minority groups in northeast Myanmar,
mainly living in remote mountainous regions of Shan State as well as
in bordering regions of Thailand, Laos and China. These minorities
range from several hundred thousand to over a million in population.
They are mainly farming communities, but deforestation, soil
depletion and erosion are taking away their livelihood.
These minorities have an elaborate religious mixture of
Buddhism, animist spirit worship and occult (demonic) rituals which
bind them firmly to demonic principalities and powers. These
perceived forces dominate all areas of their lives, from birth to death.
Nobody dares to resist them, even if it implies breaking Buddhist
principles. New believers face huge pressures to either revert back to
demon worship or to leave their communities. There are some efforts
by dedicated believers from the larger Myanmar churches and from
other countries to reach these people.
Prayer Points
- Thank God for individual believers and families from among
these resistant minorities that have come to the Lord. They risk
their very lives.
- Pray for deliverance from demon oppression and a breakthrough
by the Holy Spirit among each of these resistant groups.
- Pray for the establishing of new believers in their faith and for
leaders to be raised in holistic training programs.
- Pray for peace and restoration where fighting factions in many
areas have left thousands of displaced people exploited,
undernourished and starving.
- Pray for agencies to meet the needs for holistic, agricultural,
social and educational reconstruction and development, replacing
drug production with tea and other cash crops. Pray also for the
improvement of the general health situation in those areas.
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