People group profile · PG022045
The K'cho Chin of Myanmar
The K'cho Chin of Myanmar, numbering about 30,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Chin people of Mindat and Kanpetlet townships in Myanmar's southern Chin State, formed of the Muun, Dai, and Makang clans who share Muun as a common tongue within the broader Sino-Tibetan Chin ethnic family.
They are an indigenous people in the Kuki-Chin (Zo) people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Mün Chin.
Fast facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Population
- 30,000
- Affinity group
- Asian Pacific Rim Peoples
- People cluster
- Kuki-Chin (Zo)
- Primary language
- Mün Chin (mwq)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 50% or Greater but Less than 75%
- GSEC
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Significantly Reached People Group
- Also known as
- Cho, K'cho
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Where they live
Gospel status
The K'cho Chin are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the K'cho Chin
- 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
Protestantism · Christianity
70% adherents
Primary language
Mün Chin · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Mün Chin
Gospel resources in Mün Chin
- Bible available, published 2019
- JESUS Film available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Films
- JESUS (Chin, Mun)
Bibles
- Common Language Version (Ng'thu K'Thai) · audio, text
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the K'cho Chin
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- 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.
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