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The Shwe Deang of China

The Shwe Deang of China, numbering approximately 8,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached.
They are described as a Mon-Khmer ethnic minority indigenous to the Pa Laung zone in the Shan state of Myanmar .
They are an Diaspora people, with Palaung as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Mon-Khmer people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples.
Their primary religion is Buddhism - Mahayana.
They primarily speak Palaung, Shwe.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Shwe Deang are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Shwe Deang 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.

No longer Unreached

The Shwe Deang 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.

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readPsalm 34:9

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