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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Black Tai of France

The Black Tai of France, numbering approximately 5,000 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a Tai-Kadai-speaking ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the border area of southwest China, northwest Vietnam and northeastern Laos. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Tai Dam is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: France
People Cluster: Tai
Primary Language(s): Tai Dam (blt)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 5,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000139

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

10%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tai Dam
Language Family: Tai-Kadai

100%
%
Tai Dam Speakers

Media Resources in Tai Dam:

Films:
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JESUSView Film

1 film

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Bible Resources in Tai Dam:

Bible Name (Translation)VideoAudioText
2013 EPI✓✓✓

1 entry

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Tai Dam bible at Bible.com

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), 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.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), 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

Next steps for the Black Tai:
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Pray specifically for the Black Tai of France

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.

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!
readPsalm 96:3

Pray for people to hear and believe the good news of Jesus and joyfully share it with their family and friends.

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
readRomans 12:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will offer their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God, knowing that this is their spiritual worship.

To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law.
read1 Corinthians 9:20

Pray that believers from similar cultures will be compelled by Christ's love to reach people who don't know the gospel, and that those people will receive the good news with joy.

Tai Dam Across Countries (ROP3 - 109709) reported in the following countries:

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6 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
Black TaiPG000139Black TaiFrance5,000Unengaged and UnreachedTai DamRoman Catholicism
Black ThaiPG007392Black ThaiChina48,500Unengaged and UnreachedTai DamAnimism
Black TaiPG010830Black TaiThailand25,000No Longer UnreachedTai DamAnimism
Black TaiPG011109Black TaiVietnam817,000Engaged yet UnreachedTai DamAnimism
Black ThaiPG020944Black ThaiLaos65,000Engaged yet UnreachedTai DamAnimism
Black TaiPG043537Black TaiUnited States4,400Unengaged and UnreachedTai DamAnimism

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

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