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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The Kim Mun of China

The Kim Mun of China, numbering approximately 415,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic people group indigenous to southwestern China and northern Vietnam. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Kim Mun is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Yao-Mien
Primary Language(s): Kim Mun (mji)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 415,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG007228
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

99%
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Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Kim Mun
Language Family: Hmong-Mien

100%
%
Kim Mun Speakers

Media Resources in Kim Mun:

Films:

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Bible Resources in Kim Mun:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kim Mun 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 Kim Mun:
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 Kim Mun of China

Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you!
readPsalm 67:3

Pray that those who are lost and unaware of God's blessings will come to know Him as the one true God, put their trust in Him, and join in praising Him among the nations.

The LORD watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
readPsalm 146:9

Pray for God to watch over people, wherever they are, and cause them to meet believers who will share the gospel with them clearly and lovingly.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
read2 Corinthians 6:14

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ and want to marry, they will be led to other believers and enter into godly marriages.

He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
readPsalm 23:3

Pray for believers to go and share the gospel with others here. Ask that God will restore their souls and lead them in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

Kim Mun Across Countries (ROP3 - 105005) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion ▼
Kim MunPG007228Kim MunChina415,000Engaged yet UnreachedKim MunEthnoreligion
YaoPG043695YaoUnited States20,500Unengaged and UnreachedKim MunEthnoreligion

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