The Konyak Naga of Myanmar

The Konyak Naga of Myanmar, numbering approximately 2,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic community of Myanmar. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Konyak Naga is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: South Asian Peoples
Country: Myanmar
People Cluster: Tangsa Naga
Primary Language(s): Konyak Naga (nbe)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 2,200
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009460
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

50%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Konyak Naga
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Naga, Konyak Speakers

Media Resources in Konyak Naga:

Films:
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1 film

Bible Resources in Konyak Naga:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Konyak Naga bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Konyak Naga 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 Konyak Naga:
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 Konyak Naga of Myanmar

But he said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
readLuke 18:27

Praise God that He is the God of impossible things and that He is able to save even those who seem beyond hope.

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
read2 Timothy 2:2

Pray that the lost will come to faith in Christ and be discipled in the truth of the gospel, becoming faithful followers of Jesus who, in turn, make disciples themselves.

And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
readActs 16:15

Pray that God will bring entire families and households to faith in Him and raise up servant-leaders from among them.

And thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else's foundation, but as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand."
readRomans 15:20-21

Pray that God will send believers to cross cultures and proclaim the gospel where Christ has not been named, so that the nations might glorify God for His mercy.

Naga, Konyak Across Countries (ROP3 - 105206) reported in the following countries:

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