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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Rawang of United States

The Rawang of United States, numbering approximately 750 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Kachin state in northern Myanmar They are an Diaspora people, with Rawang as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Miri-Kachin people cluster of the Himalayan Peoples. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and Rawang is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Himalayan Peoples
Country: United States
People Cluster: Miri-Kachin
Primary Language(s): Rawang (raw)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 750
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG050380

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

60%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Rawang
Language Family: Sino-Tibetan

100%
%
Rawang Speakers

Media Resources in Rawang:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

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Bible Resources in Rawang:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2009 Rawang Bible Committee✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Rawang bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Rawang 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 Rawang:
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 Rawang of United States

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:22

Pray for many lost people to turn to the Lord, finding forgiveness and salvation in Him, for He is the only way to true life and restoration.

Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia."
readRomans 16:5

Pray for houses to be meeting places for Christians and that God will advance the gospel and grow His Church through natural familial and community relationships.

More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
readRomans 5:11

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice in what God has done for them and will help others know how they can also be reconciled to God.

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
read3 John 1:2

Ask God to grant protection and good health — both physical and spiritual — to those He sends cross-culturally to share the gospel.

Rawang Across Countries (ROP3 - 108326) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
RawangPG023113RawangChina700No Longer UnreachedRawangProtestantism
RawangPG050380RawangUnited States750No Longer UnreachedRawangProtestantism
RawangPG009509RawangMyanmar73,500No Longer UnreachedRawangProtestantism

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