The Hongjin Tai of Myanmar

The Hongjin Tai of Myanmar, numbering approximately 9,100 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a people of Myanmar. They mostly adhere to Theravada Buddhism and Tai Hongjin is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Myanmar
People Cluster: Tai
Primary Language(s): Tai Hongjin (tiz)
Primary Religion(s): Theravada Buddhism
Population: 9,100
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG009425

Pray for the Hongjin Tai of Myanmar

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Theravada Buddhism
Religious Affiliation: Buddhism

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%
Theravada Buddhism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Tai Hongjin
Language Family: Tai-Kadai

70%
%
Tai Hongjin Speakers

Media Resources in Tai Hongjin:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

Bible Resources in Tai Hongjin:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Or check out the Tai Hongjin bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hongjin Tai 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 Hongjin Tai:
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 Hongjin Tai of Myanmar

And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
readMatthew 6:16

Pray that those who live to please men and not God will turn from the emptiness of seeking approval from others and find true satisfaction in the treasure of a personal relationship with God.

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
readIsaiah 43:19

Pray that the lost will see the new thing God can do in their lives and trust in His plan and purpose for them.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
readJohn 10:29

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will rejoice as they remember that they can never lose their salvation

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
read1 Corinthians 15:10–11

Pray that God's people will preach the message of Jesus' death and resurrection and that it will spread among the lost through the selfless witness of believers.

Tai Hongjin Across Countries (ROP3 - 109713) reported in the following countries:

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