The Southern Qiandong Miao of China

The Southern Qiandong Miao of China, numbering approximately 986,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as a Hmu people of southeastern Guizhou and northern Guangxi whose identity is rooted in the Southern Qiandong branch of the Hmongic language family and shaped by centuries of interaction with neighboring Dong communities They are an Indigenous people, with Qiandong Miao / Hmu as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Miao / Hmong people cluster of the Southeast Asian Peoples. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Southern Qiandong Miao is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Miao / Hmong
Primary Language(s): Southern Qiandong Miao (hms)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 986,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG007198
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

95%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Southern Qiandong Miao
Language Family: Hmong-Mien

100%
%
Miao, Southern Qiandong Speakers

Media Resources in Southern Qiandong Miao:

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Bible Resources in Southern Qiandong Miao:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Southern Qiandong Miao 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 Southern Qiandong Miao:
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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 Southern Qiandong Miao of China

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
readLuke 15:7

Pray that God will convict the lost of their sin, give them an urgency to run to Him for forgiveness, and feel His welcoming arms around them when they turn to Him.

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.

The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot... indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
readPsalm 16:5-6

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and face hardship, they will remember that God is their portion and cup and that He has a beautiful inheritance for them.

And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven."
readMatthew 16:17

Pray that God who is in heaven will place believers in the lives of people who need to encounter the gospel and that He will reveal to them the truth of what they hear.

Hmu, Southern Across Countries (ROP3 - 114378) reported in the following countries:

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