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The Kachin of Myanmar

The Kachin of Myanmar, numbering approximately 1,070,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Tibeto-Burman people whose Jingpo ancestors migrated south from Tibet, ruled by the Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms before forming independent highland chieftaincies, and who signed the 1947 Panglong Agreement securing approval for their own Kachin State. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Kachin is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Kachin

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Himalayan Peoples
Country: Myanmar
People Cluster: Miri-Kachin
Primary Language(s): Kachin (kac)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 1,070,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG009448
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

51%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kachin
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Jingpho Speakers

Media Resources in Kachin:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Kachin:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
1993 United Bible Societies (Hanson)✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Kachin bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Kachin 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 Kachin:
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 Kachin of Myanmar

"I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
readJohn 16:33

Pray that those who don't have peace with God will find peace in Christ, even amid the troubles of this world.

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
readPsalm 1:1-2

Pray that God will call out many sons and daughters from among them and give them a deep love for His Word.

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
read2 Corinthians 12:10

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will embrace their weaknesses, hardships, and difficulties, having hope because Christ's power is made perfect in their weakness.

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
readLuke 10:1

Ask God to raise up, send out, and sustain Christians who can go together to share the good news of Jesus with those who need it.

Kachin, Jingpho Across Countries (ROP3 - 104372) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KachinPG009448KachinMyanmar1,070,000No Longer UnreachedKachinProtestantism
JingpoPG007217JingpoChina29,500No Longer UnreachedKachinProtestantism
KachinPG047264KachinUnited States175No Longer UnreachedKachinProtestantism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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