People group profile · PG009495
The Anong of Myanmar
The Anong of Myanmar, numbering about 12,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a tribal community of Myanmar, a subgroup of the larger Rawang ethnic group.
They are an indigenous people in the Miri-Kachin people cluster of the Himalayan Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Lisu.
Fast facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Population
- 12,500
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Miri-Kachin
- Primary language
- Lisu (lis)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5%
- GSEC
- 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Marginally Reached People Group
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Kachin State: Kawnglangphu, Putao, and Machanbaw townships
Where they live
Gospel status
The Anong are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 2% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Anong
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
60% adherents
Primary language
Lisu · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Lisu
Gospel resources in Lisu
- Bible available
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Lisu)
Bibles
- North Thailand Christian Mission · video, audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Anong
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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