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The Beidongnuo of China

The Beidongnuo of China, numbering approximately 600 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an extremely small, little‑known ethnolinguistic group in southern China. They mostly adhere to Chinese Folk Religion and Northern Qiandong Miao is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Beidongnuo

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Miao / Hmong
Primary Language(s): Northern Qiandong Miao (hea)
Primary Religion(s): Chinese Folk Religion
Population: 600
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG006683
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Chinese Folk Religion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

99%
%
Chinese Folk Religion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

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

70%
%
Miao, Northern Qiandong Speakers

Media Resources in Northern Qiandong Miao:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Northern Qiandong Miao:

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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

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Pray specifically for the Beidongnuo of China

Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.
readIsaiah 45:22

Pray for many lost people to turn to the Lord, finding forgiveness and salvation in Him, for He is the only way to true life and restoration.

So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
readRomans 9:16

Pray that the merciful God who is at work in people's hearts will advance His gospel among them.

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
readRomans 6:4

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will lead those who might hesitate in getting baptized to trust Him as they obey His command, even when obedience is hard.

Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”
readPsalm 96:10

Pray for God to put in the hearts of believers to go to the lost and testify about the Lord who reigns.

Beidongnuo Across Countries (ROP3 - 114007) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▼Religion
BeidongnuoPG006683BeidongnuoChina600Unengaged and UnreachedNorthern Qiandong MiaoChinese Folk Religion

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