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The Rhade of Cambodia

The Rhade of Cambodia, numbering approximately 18,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are an Austronesian ethnic group indigenous to southern Vietnam. They mostly adhere to Animism and Rade is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Cambodia
People Cluster: Cham
Primary Language(s): Rade (rad)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 18,000
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG008190
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Pray for the Rhade of Cambodia

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

59%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Rade
Language Family: Austronesian

100%
%
Rade Speakers

Media Resources in Rade:

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Bible Resources in Rade:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Rhade 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 Rhade:
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 Rhade of Cambodia

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
readPsalm 1:6

As many look for hope in worldly pleasures, pray they will hear and accept salvation through Christ, turn from destruction, and experience joy in the way of righteousness.

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
readPsalm 57:11

Pray that the lost will learn about God's great love and faithfulness so that they might trust in Christ for their salvation.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
readGalatians 3:28

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will be united in Christ across all differences of ethnicity, social status, and gender.

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.

Rhade Across Countries (ROP3 - 108368) reported in the following countries:

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3 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
RhadePG011211RhadeVietnam331,000No Longer UnreachedRadeProtestantism
RhadePG008190RhadeCambodia18,000Engaged yet UnreachedRadeAnimism
RhadePG050362RhadeUnited States250No Longer UnreachedRadeProtestantism

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