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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kachin of Myanmar

The Kachin of Myanmar, numbering approximately 1,065,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic community of Myanmar They are an Indigenous people, with Kachin as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Miri-Kachin people cluster of the Himalayan Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism. They primarily speak Jingpho.

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): Jingpho (kac)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 1,065,000
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: Jingpho
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Jingpho Speakers

Media Resources in Jingpho:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Jingpho:

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

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Jingpho 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

You visit the earth and water it; you greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; you provide their grain, for so you have prepared it.
readPsalm 65:9

Give thanks for God's provision in nature, and pray that those who don't know Him will recognize His hand, desire to know their Creator, and hear the truth that Jesus is the solution to the world's greatest need.

Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
readPsalm 34:8

Pray that the gospel will advance and that many will have the opportunity to taste and see the goodness of God and entrust their lives to Him.

So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 6:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will lay down all evil desires, dying to sin and living for Him alone.

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
read2 Corinthians 12:28

Ask God to raise up believers who will faithfully proclaim the good news and equip others to do the same.

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

Strategic Progress Index
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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KachinPG047264KachinUnited States175No Longer UnreachedJingphoProtestantism
JingpoPG007217JingpoChina29,500No Longer UnreachedJingphoProtestantism
KachinPG009448KachinMyanmar1,065,000No Longer UnreachedJingphoProtestantism

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

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