The Gha-Mu of China

The Gha-Mu of China, numbering approximately 172,000 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are described as a Small Flowery Miao subgroup of western Guizhou's Nayong and Shuicheng counties in China, one of several distinct Hmong-related peoples grouped under a single official Miao nationality label after 1949 despite differing origins and dialects They are an Indigenous people, with Gha-Mu as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Miao / Hmong people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism. They primarily speak Small Flowery Miao.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Miao / Hmong
Primary Language(s): Small Flowery Miao (sfm)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 172,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG006745
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

50%
%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Small Flowery Miao
Language Family: Hmong-Mien

100%
%
Miao, Small Flowery Speakers

Media Resources in Small Flowery Miao:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

Bible Resources in Small Flowery Miao:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Small Flowery Miao bible at Bible.com

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Gha-Mu 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 Gha-Mu:
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 Gha-Mu of China

O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
readPsalm 10:17-18

Pray that God, in accordance with His good character, will give justice to those who are oppressed by sin and that they will know that His offer of salvation is for everyone.

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that God will be working in people's hearts, give them opportunities to receive the gospel, and bring many to faith in Himself.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved.
readEphesians 2:4-5

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will remember God's mercy and grace and experience joy as they walk in new life with Christ.

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
readJohn 12:24

Pray that God will raise up men and women who are willing to die to their own desires, bearing much fruit for the kingdom among individuals and in places where His gospel has not been proclaimed.

Gha-Mu Across Countries (ROP3 - 103323) reported in the following countries:

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