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The Kachin of United States

The Kachin of United States, numbering approximately 175 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a community formed through migration from Myanmar's Kachin region to the United States, particularly through refugee resettlement since the 2000s, that maintains a distinct Kachin identity. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Kachin is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Jingpho Kachin

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Himalayan Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Miri-Kachin
Primary Language(s): Kachin (kac)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 175
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG047264

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
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

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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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 United States

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
readActs 4:12

Pray that those walking in darkness among them will come to know the name by which they must be saved, and call upon Him in faith.

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.

And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.”
readGenesis 15:5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will trust God to keep His promises.

And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”
readLuke 18:29-30

Pray that God will raise up people to go and share the gospel and help them trust His promise that anyone who has left those they treasure for the sake of the kingdom of God will receive many times more in this life and in the life to come.

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

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3 people groups

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

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