People group profile · PG049662
The Koiren of India
The Koiren of India, numbering about 1,700 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a small Scheduled Tribe of Senapati district and the Imphal valley in Manipur, tracing origin to a cave and eight founding clans, of which two survive. Shifting cultivation remains their occupation, and most follow their old faith.
They are an indigenous people in the Manipuri people cluster of the Himalayan Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Koireng.
Fast facts
- Country
- India
- Population
- 1,700
- Affinity group
- South Asian Peoples
- People cluster
- Manipuri
- Primary language
- Koireng (nkd)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- Engaged yet Unreached
- Evangelical
- No Known Evangelicals
- GSEC ?
- Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
- Lostness priority ?
- Frontier Unreached People Group
- Region
- Southern Asia, Asia
- Location
- Manipur: Bishnupur district, 3 villages south of Moirang; Chandel district, 2 villages near Palel; Senapati district, Saikul and Kangpokpi subdistricts, 5 villages; Nagaland state
Where they live
Gospel status
The Koiren are Engaged yet Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, but there are sustained efforts to establish self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. In GSEC terms, this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Koiren
- Continue prayer and fasting for this group
- Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
- Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
Primary language
Koireng · Sino-Tibetan family
100% speak Koireng
Gospel resources in Koireng
- Bible available, published 2022
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings not available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Koiren
- 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
- Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
- Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.
- Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
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