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The Konyak Naga of Myanmar

The Konyak Naga of Myanmar, numbering approximately 2,200 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Naga people whose traditional homeland straddles the India-Myanmar frontier, historically organized in villages under hereditary Angh chiefs and sharing close ties with Konyak communities in Nagaland. 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:

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Bible Resources in Konyak Naga:

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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

For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
readPsalm 130:7b

Pray for those who are unaware of God's steadfast love that is offered to them through Jesus Christ to learn the truth and experience His plentiful redemption.

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
readJames 4:4

Pray that the lost will be convicted of their friendship with the world, which is hostility toward God, and that they will turn from their sin and embrace the grace and mercy of God through Christ Jesus.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
readGalatians 3:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be united in Christ across all differences of ethnicity, social status, and gender.

"For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you."
readActs 17:23

Pray that believers God sends to cross cultures will be sensitive to the spiritual needs of the people they serve, and will proclaim the truth of Christ to them in creative ways that they will understand.

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

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDName ▼CountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Konyak NagaPG009460Konyak NagaMyanmar2,200No Longer UnreachedKonyak NagaProtestantism
Konyak NagaPG041687Konyak NagaIndia363,000No Longer UnreachedKonyak NagaProtestantism

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