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The Brao of Vietnam

The Brao of Vietnam, numbering approximately 400 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an ethnic group indigenous to both sides of the Cambodia-Laos border. They mostly adhere to Animism and Brao is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Southeast Asian Peoples
Country: Vietnam
People Cluster: Mon-Khmer
Primary Language(s): Brao (brb)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 400
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG011112
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

86%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Brao
Language Family: Austroasiatic

100%
%
Brao Speakers

Media Resources in Brao:

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Bible Resources in Brao:

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The Brao 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 Brao:
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 Brao of Vietnam

For you, O LORD, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
readPsalm 97:9

Pray that those who don't yet know Him will recognize the Lord as the Most High and turn from spiritual darkness to worship Him above all else.

Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!
readPsalm 96:9

Pray that many who do not yet know Jesus will come to know Him and worship Him in the splendor of His holiness.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
readJohn 10:27

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will hear God's voice and will have the great assurance that no one can snatch them from the Father’s hand.

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
readEphesians 1:13-14

Pray that God will work through believers near and far in bringing the lost to Himself, giving them what they need to do the task He has set before them, and helping them rest in Him because He has given them His Spirit.

Brao Across Countries (ROP3 - 101655) reported in the following countries:

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4 people groups

PhotoPeople Group ID ▲NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BraoPG009101BraoLaos26,000Unengaged and UnreachedBraoAnimism
BraoPG011112BraoVietnam400No Longer UnreachedBraoAnimism
BraoPG018251BraoCambodia9,000No Longer UnreachedBraoAnimism
BraoPG043179BraoUnited States100Unengaged and UnreachedBraoEthnoreligion

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