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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Rhade of Cambodia

The Rhade of Cambodia, numbering approximately 18,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to southern Vietnam They are an Diaspora people, with Rhade as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Cham people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism. They primarily speak Rade.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Rhade

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Cambodia
People Cluster: Cham
Primary Language(s): Rade (rad)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 18,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG008190
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

59%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Rade
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Rade Speakers

Media Resources in Rade:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Rade:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Rhade 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.

Next steps for the Rhade:
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

Pray specifically for the Rhade of Cambodia

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
readRom 6:23

Pray that those who haven't heard yet will hear and believe that the wages of their sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength!
readPsalm 96:7

Pray that entire households will come to faith in Jesus and that God will bless their families with faith in Him for generations to come.

For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: ‘To the unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.
readActs 17:23

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will have a deep desire to know God more fully and to make Him known in creative ways to others who are still searching for truth.

Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!"
readIsaiah 40:9

Pray for God to send and sustain believers to go and herald the good news to the lost here.

Rhade Across Countries (ROP3 - 108368) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
RhadePG011211RhadeVietnam331,000No Longer UnreachedRadeProtestantism
RhadePG008190RhadeCambodia18,000Engaged yet UnreachedRadeAnimism
RhadePG050362RhadeUnited States250No Longer UnreachedRadeProtestantism

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