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The Stieng of Cambodia

The Stieng of Cambodia, numbering approximately 6,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnolinguistic subgroup of the Stieng, a Mon-Khmer ethnic group indigenous to southern Vietnam. They mostly adhere to Animism and Bulo Stieng is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Stieng

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Cambodia
People Cluster: Mon-Khmer
Primary Language(s): Bulo Stieng (sti)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 6,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG008194
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bulo Stieng
Language Family: Austroasiatic

100%
%
Stieng, Bulo Speakers

Media Resources in Bulo Stieng:

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Bible Resources in Bulo Stieng:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Stieng are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the Stieng:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the Stieng of Cambodia

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
readEphesians 2:8-9

Pray that the lost among them will receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, and be created for good works.

Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
readGenesis 2:7

Pray that Christians will be able to share the hope of Christ with suffering people and that He will breathe new life into their souls.

And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
readDeuteronomy 6:6-7

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hide God's Word in their hearts, let it shape their conversations and daily lives, and pass on their faith to the next generation.

To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.
readEphesians 6:18b-19

Ask God to give believers He sends to the lost of this people group the boldness and clarity to proclaim the mystery of the gospel in a way that people can understand.

Stieng, Bulo Across Countries (ROP3 - 109552) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
StiengPG011226StiengVietnam85,500No Longer UnreachedBulo StiengProtestantism
StiengPG008194StiengCambodia6,500No Longer UnreachedBulo StiengAnimism

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