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The Mongols of China

The Mongols of China, numbering approximately 5,680,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are the founders of the Yuan Dynasty under Kublai Khan after Genghis Khan united the tribes in 1206, today settled mainly in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region established in 1947, alongside communities in Northeast China, Xinjiang, and Qinghai. They mostly adhere to Tibetan Buddhism and Peripheral Mongolian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: East Asian Peoples
Country: China
People Cluster: Mongolian
Primary Language(s): Peripheral Mongolian (mvf)
Primary Religion(s): Tibetan Buddhism
Population: 5,680,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG007310
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Tibetan Buddhism
Religious Affiliation: Buddhism

52%
%
Tibetan Buddhism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Peripheral Mongolian
Language Family: Mongolic-Khitan

70%
%
Mongolian, Peripheral Speakers

Media Resources in Peripheral Mongolian:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Peripheral Mongolian:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Peripheral Mongolian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Mongols 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 Mongols:
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 Mongols of China

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
readJohn 11:25

Pray for the many who have never heard about or understood the importance of what Jesus did for them, asking God to make a way for them to hear that the perfect Son of Man suffered, died, and rose again so that they might be saved.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb’
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that many people will receive the gospel and will be part of the great multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, clothed in white robes and palm branches, proclaiming salvation belongs to our God.

Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
readPsalm 111:1

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will praise the Lord with their whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
readJohn 1:35-36

Pray for those God sends to cross cultures to share the gospel, that they might faithfully share the good news of the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

Mongol Across Countries (ROP3 - 106758) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress Index ▼LanguageReligion
MongolsPG047291MongolsUnited States10,000Engaged yet UnreachedPeripheral MongolianTibetan Buddhism
MongolsPG007310MongolsChina5,680,000Engaged yet UnreachedPeripheral MongolianTibetan Buddhism

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