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The Lahta Karen of Myanmar

The Lahta Karen of Myanmar, numbering approximately 11,000 people, are No Longer Unreached.
They are described as an ethnolinguistic subgroup of the Karen, an ethnic group indigenous to Kayin State in southeastern Myanmar and can also be known as Lahta.
They are an Indigenous people, with Karen as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Karen people cluster of the Tibetan / Himalayan Peoples.
Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion - Animism.
They primarily speak Lahta.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Lahta Karen are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Lahta Karen are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

No longer Unreached

The Lahta Karen 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.

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